Guusje ter Horst

Guus ( Guusje ) ter Horst ( born March 22, 1952 in Deventer ) is a Dutch politician of the Partij van de Arbeid ( PvdA).

Life

After her schooling in The Hague Ter Horst studied clinical psychology at the University of Amsterdam. In addition, she studied in Amsterdam Social Science. After her studies she got a job as a university lecturer at the University of Amsterdam in the area of ​​Social Dentistry. From 15 April 2001 to 1 January 2007, Ter Horst was Mayor of the city of Nijmegen. In the Cabinet Balkenende IV it was on February 22, 2007 to February 23, 2010 the Minister of the Interior in the Netherlands.