Overview
- D66 announced Monday it is putting forward Boekholt-O’Sullivan for the housing portfolio, with formal appointment still to come.
- She is the first woman to reach the rank of lieutenant-general in the Dutch armed forces.
- At Defence she has recently overseen housing plans for military personnel and worked on related infrastructure projects.
- Her tenure included procuring fragmentation vests tailored to the female body and other changes to make service conditions more inclusive.
- She will receive the Aletta Jacobs Prize, with the jury praising her contributions to emancipation within a traditionally male institution.