Madeleine Melisande Ermens-van Toorenburg (born May 10, 1968 in The Hague

The Hague

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) is a Dutch

Netherlands

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 politician

Politician

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. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal

Christian Democratic Appeal

The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...

 (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) she has been an MP since March 1, 2007. She focuses on matters of judiciary

Judiciary

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 and other judicial affairs

Law

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External links

House of Representatives biography

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