Sybilla Dekker

Sybilla Maria Dekker (born 23 March 1942) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 22 June 2018.^[1]

Her Excellency Sybilla Dekker
Dekker in 2010
Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
In office 27 May 2003 – 21 September 2006
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Henk Kamp
Succeeded by	Karla Peijs (Ad interim)
Personal details
Born	Sybilla Maria Dekker (1942-03-23) 23 March 1942 (age 83) Alkmaar, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Spouses	First husband ​ ​ (m. 1969; died 1977)​ Constant van Gestel ​ ​ (m. 1983; died 2005)​
Domestic partner	Ben Bot (since 2007)
Residence(s)	The Hague, Netherlands
Alma mater	Utrecht University (Bachelor of Business Management)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Businesswoman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Management consultant · Social worker

A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she was minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the second and third Balkenende cabinets. She resigned on 21 September 2006, after the publication of the Dutch Safety Board report about the fire that occurred in 2005 at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, killing 11 people.^[2]

Since 2008, she has been the domestic partner of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot.

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	11 April 2007
Honorific Titles
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Minister of State	Netherlands	22 June 2018	Style of Excellency