Lea Bouwmeester


Lea Theodora Bouwmeester is a Dutch politician and former civil servant and social counselor. She is a member of the Labour Party and was an MP between November 30, 2006 and March 23, 2017. She focused on matters of prison system, mental health care, addiction and drug rehabilitation.
Bouwmeester went on pregnancy and maternity leave from 1 March 2016 to 10 June 2016 and was temporarily replaced by Harm Brouwer.
Bouwmeester studied social rights service at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.