Agnes van Ardenne

Quick Facts

Full Name	Agnes van Ardenne
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 21, 1950(1950-01-21)
Age	74
Birthplace	Maasland
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Horoscope	Aquarius

Agnes van Ardenne Biography

Agnes van Ardenne is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 21, 1950 in Maasland, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Agnes van Ardenne was born in Maasland in 1950. Before taking office as a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands, Van Ardenne was the Deputy Chairwoman of the Netherlands-based Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development Aid (CORDAID) and Secretary General of the UNICEF National Committee of the Netherlands.

Van Ardenne was one of the first foreign dignitaries to visit Pakistan after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, to witness the emergency aid operation still being conducted at full capacity.

In 2006, van Ardenne increased the Netherlands’ support to post-primary and higher education to 110 million euros per year from the earlier level of 60 million euros, and increased its contribution to the Education for All Fast Track Initiative (FTI) to 150 million euros in 2006 and subsequent years.

During her time in office, van Ardenne focused on fragile states and countries in conflict, including Sudan. She chose to concentrate Dutch bilateral development cooperation on Africa (at least 50% of the bilateral budget). In 2006, she ordered a suspension of nearly $150 million in aid to the government of President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya because of concerns over corruption.

Between 2002 and 2007, van Ardenne served as Minister for Development Cooperation in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. When the Netherlands held the presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2004, she chaired the meetings of the EU Development Ministers.

Agnes van Ardenne Net Worth

Agnes van Ardenne is one of the richest Politician from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Agnes van Ardenne 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Anna Maria Agnes “Agnes” van Ardenne-Van der Hoeven (born 21 January 1950) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

As member of the House of Representatives between 1994 and 2002, van Ardenne was a member of the parliament’s delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Also in 2006, van Ardenne significantly increased the Dutch contribution to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, pledging nearly €100 million over four years for global vaccination and programmes to strengthen health systems. In what was the single largest earmarked donation UNICEF had received in its then 60-year history, van Ardenne later pledged $201 million over four years to expand the agency’s ongoing efforts to ensure that children in conflict, natural disasters and emerging from crisis can go to school.

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Agnes Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Agnes van Ardenne celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.