Sharon Dijksma

Sharon Dijksma
Dijksma in 2015
Mayor of Utrecht
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 December 2020
Preceded by	Peter den Oudsten (Acting)
State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment
In office 3 November 2015 – 26 October 2017
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Wilma Mansveld
Succeeded by	Stientje van Veldhoven (as State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management)
State Secretary for Economic Affairs
In office 18 December 2012 – 3 November 2015
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Co Verdaas
Succeeded by	Martijn van Dam
State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science
In office 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 Serving with Marja van Bijsterveldt
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Bruno Bruins
Succeeded by	Marja van Bijsterveldt
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 March 2017 – 1 June 2018
In office 8 May 2012 – 20 September 2012
In office 17 June 2010 – 17 January 2012
In office 17 May 1994 – 22 February 2007
Personal details
Born	Sharon Alida Maria Dijksma (1971-04-16) 16 April 1971 (age 53) Groningen, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (since 1988)
Children	1 son and 2 daughters[1]
Residence	Utrecht
Occupation	Politician

Sharon Alida Maria Dijksma (born 16 April 1971) is a Dutch politician serving as Mayor of Utrecht since 2020. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was previously a State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science from 2007 to 2010, at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 2012 to 2015 and at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment from 2015 to 2017, as well as an alderwoman of Amsterdam from 2018 until 2020.

Dijksma was the President of the Environment Council of the European Union who, together with the Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič, signed the Paris Agreement on behalf of Europe in New York on 21 April 2016.^[2]