Jolande Sap

Johanna Catharina Maria "Jolande" Sap (born 22 May 1963) is a former Dutch politician and former educator and civil servant.

Sap studied economics at the Tilburg University between 1981 and 1989 where she specialised in political economy and philosophy.

In 1996 she started to work at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, where she advised top civil servants on emancipation and lifetime-planning policy (combining labour, care and education throughout life), in addition to salary, income and pension policy.

On 5 October 2012 Jolande Sap was forced to step down as Leader in the House of Representatives by the party board.

She wants to work on practical policies which would implement GroenLinks ideals such as self-realisation, fairness and sustainability.