Margaretha Albertina Maria "Marga" Klompé (16 August 1912 – 28 October 1986) was a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and chemist.
[3] Klompé worked as a science teacher at the Mater Dei High School for girls in Nijmegen from July 1932 until August 1949.
She was part of the Dutch parliamentary delegation accredited to the first-ever meeting of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe in August 1949, one of only nine women thought to have attended out of 187 members.
Klompé was selected as a Member of the European Coal and Steel Community Parliament and dual served in those positions, taking office on 10 September 1952.
After the election of 1956 Klompé was appointed as Minister of Social Work in the Cabinet Drees III, taking office on 13 October 1956.
Klompé served as acting Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences from 7 November 1961 until 4 February 1962 and again from 23 April 1963 until 24 July 1963 during two medical leave of absences of Jo Cals.
Klompé retired after spending 23 years in national politics and became active in the public sector and occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Bible Society, Dutch Women's Council, Bernard van Leer Foundation, Society of Prosperity, Dutch Cancer Society, SNV Development Organisation, Open Doors Foundation and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Raad voor Cultuur, Nationale Adviescommissie Emancipatie, Staatsbosbeheer and the Onderwijsraad) and as an advocate and activist for Poverty reduction, Basic income, Women's rights and European integration.
Klompé was also a member of several national and international associations, such as the Council of Europe and the Joint Task Force for European Cooperation in Development.