Vera Bergkamp


Vera Alida Bergkamp is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 party serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 20 September 2012. She was elected in the 2012 general election and reelected in 2017.
Prior to being elected she worked as director of human resources for the Sociale Verzekeringsbank, a Dutch quango responsible for administering, among other things, several state benefits, such as the AOW state pension, and the Dutch child benefit payments. In addition she is the Director of COC Nederland, and serves as a municipal councilor for Amsterdam-Centrum, a sub-municipality of Amsterdam.
Bergkamp studied public administration and political science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.