The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January
Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
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Princess Margriet<br />
1995-2003<br />
Princess Margriet served as Chairwomen <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> between December<br />
1995 <strong>and</strong> December 2003. She has been an active part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Movement since she joined her<br />
local branch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> as a volunteer in 1966. Internationally she has also<br />
been involved in <strong>the</strong> Movement having been both a member <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> vice-chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Study Group on <strong>the</strong> Future <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Crescent</strong> Movement. Outside <strong>the</strong><br />
Movement, she has been President <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> European Cultural Foundation, Patroness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Foundation “SOS Children’s Villages, <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>s” <strong>and</strong> a <strong>Member</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Advisory<br />
Committee <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> National Association for <strong>the</strong> Care <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Terminally Ill, amongst o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />
Princess Margriet studied at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Montpellier <strong>and</strong> Leiden University. She was<br />
born in Ottawa, Canada on <strong>January</strong> 19 th , 1943 <strong>and</strong> is married with four sons.<br />
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