ten years. After she left these positions in 2004 she was made Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau. After that she held several positions in advisory boards, for instance of the green Triodos-bank and Research Centre of Wageningen University. In 2006 Beckers died after a long illness. After her death she was praised for being an authentic, compassionate and idealistic politician, who stood far from the televised political theater of today. Personal life Beckers was married and had three children, one of whom was adopted. Beckers lived most of her life in Wadenoijen, which is near the Linge river. For years she protested against the creation of bigger dikes against the river. Ironically, in 1995, she had to be evacuated from her house, because the dikes were expected to be not strong enough to hold back the river. Decorations References External links Official Drs. M.B.C. (Ria) Beckers-de Bruijn Parlement & Politiek |- |- |- 1938 births 2006 deaths Chairmen of the Political Party of Radicals Dutch academic administrators Dutch Christian pacifists Dutch conservationists Dutch nonprofit directors Dutch nonprofit executives Dutch Roman Catholics Dutch political activists Dutch political party founders Dutch women activists Dutch activists Dutch women environmentalists GroenLinks politicians Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Leaders of GroenLinks Leaders of the Political Party of Radicals Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau People from Tiel People from Driebergen-Rijsenburg Political Party of Radicals politicians Utrecht University alumni 20th-century Dutch educators 20th-century Dutch women politicians 20th-century Dutch politicians