Magdalena Antoinette Maria 'Marleen' Barth (born 21 March 1964) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade unionist, and a former journalist.

Magdalena Antoinette Maria Barth was born on 21 March 1964 in Den Helder in the Netherlands.

[1] Barth studied political science with a speciality in public administration at the University of Amsterdam.

[citation needed] Barth worked as a parliamentary reporter for Trouw (1990–1997), was a member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002), a member of the Provincial Council of North Holland (2003–2004), and chair of the Education Union of the Christian National Trade Union Federation (2005–2008).

[2] Marleen Barth is married to former D66 MP Jan Hoekema, (second marriage for both) who has been mayor of Wassenaar from 2007 to 2017.