Vera Bergkamp

Who is Vera Bergkamp?

Vera Alida Bergkamp is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 political party. She has become a member of the Dutch House of Representatives on September 20, 2012, after having been elected in the September 12th general election. 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 Free University of Amsterdam.