Ria Beckers

Overview

Catherina "Ria" Beckers-De Bruijn born Driebergen, Netherlands November 2, 1938 (d. 2006). Dutch politician; environmentalist; classics teacher. First woman to head a Dutch political party, the environmental Political Party Radicals (PPR), 1977; later became head of GreenLeft Party, 1990-93. Opposed Gulf War, 1990, Iraq War, 2003. (photo nrc.nl)