Tonny van de Vondervoort

Antonia Geertruida Maria "Tonny" van de Vondervoort (; born 9 April 1950) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party. She began her political career as municipal councilor and alderwoman in Groningen (1978–1994), until she joined the first Kok cabinet (1994–1998) as State Secretary for the Interior. She later served on the Provincial Executive of South Holland and as acting mayor of Drechterland, Zaanstad, Sliedrecht, and Doetinchem. From 2014 to 2020, Van de Vondervoort was chair of GGD GHOR Netherlands, an association of public health and safety organizations.

Early life and Groningen politics Van de Vondervoort was born in 1950 in , located in the municipality of Raalte, and she was raised Roman Catholic. She attended the Enschede Social Academy until 1972, and she subsequently started her career as a coordinator at a play and parenting education foundation in Groningen. She became a member of the Labour Party in 1974. Van de Vondervoort entered the Municipal Council of Groningen in September 1978, and she became her party's parliamentary leader in May 1981. She was appointed alderwoman for education, culture, and emancipation in April 1986, and she defended the construction of the new post-modernist building of the Groninger Museum, located in a canal next to the city's railway station. During her tenure, the Groningen Credit Bank, the municipal debt assistance office, incurred losses of because of bad investments. Two aldermen directly responsible left the executive in 1992, while Van de Vondervoort received support from all coalition parties to stay on, in order to prevent a governance crisis. She was subsequently involved in the financial and administrative reorganization of the Groningen Credit Bank. Van de Vondervoort did bring about several other governmental reorganizations. The installation of the second Kok cabinet on 3 August 1998 marked the end of her term, and she was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau on 30 October of that year. She lived in Alphen aan den Rijn at the time, and she had two children. She was elected to the Provincial Council of South Holland in March 2011 as lead candidate. Her term ended in November 2012, and she served as acting mayor of Doetinchem between August 2013 and February 2014. She said that she preferred the flexibility of her temporary positions and had no desire to take on a full six-year term. Van de Vondervoort left the provincial council after the March 2015 provincial election. Previously, she also served as vice chair of the executive board of the Groningen State University of Applied Sciences and as vice chair of the (1999–2001).

Provincial Council of South Holland