On 1 March 1944, she was born Johanna Levina Adriana Boogerd-Quaak in Axel, Netherlands.
[4] Boogerd-Quaak was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in September 1999 for her work in daycare and elderly centres and received the honour at a ceremony in Brussels.
[2] On 5 February 2003, Boogerd-Quaak replaced Lousewies van der Laan as a member of the European Parliament for the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group following the latter's election to the House of Representatives.
[6] Boogerd-Quaak was appointed vice-chair of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs on 13 March 2003.
[1][6] She earned a nomination for MEP of the Year in November 2004 because her efforts meant the European Union withdrew a proposal to transfer all sorts of data to authorities of the United States.