{"id":464,"date":"2022-02-04T16:52:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/geldrop-mierlo\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=464"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:15:45","slug":"rita-bemelmans","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/geldrop-mierlo\/mensen\/rita-bemelmans\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita Bemelmans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--66 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--76  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading   heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-rita-bemelmans8906\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Rita Bemelmans\" >\n\tRita Bemelmans<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--110 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--60 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-video\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-video__video-wrapper\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2022\/02\/Portret-Rita-1500-x-1500.png')\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\tBeeld: Hylke Greidaus Photography\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-people-introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"block-people-introduction__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\t<strong>D66 Geldrop-Mierlo stelt voor: Rita Bemelmans<\/strong>, <strong>fractievoorzitter<\/strong>\t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-texasRose)\">\n\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading    heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-over-rita6364\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Rita\">\n\tOver Rita<\/h2>\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__info\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"lists\">\n\t\t\t\t<li><label>Leeftijd<\/label><span>68 jaar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Geldrop<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__email\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\tStuur Rita een <a href=\"mailto:rita.bemelmans@d66-geldrop-mierlo.nl\">e-mail<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__socialmedia\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"people-bullet-point-card__sm_panel\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rita-bemelmans-3a264a14\/\" target=\"_blank\">Li<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\tFractievoorzitter Rita Bemelmans (68) woont in Geldrop en heeft haar loopbaan gewijd aan het bibliotheekwezen. Na de middelbare school in Eindhoven volgde zij de HBO Bibliotheek- en Documentatieacademie in Tilburg. Later studeerde zij nog Frans en Economie, maar uiteindelijk bleef haar werk altijd verbonden aan de bibliotheek. Voor Rita zijn kennis en lezen van blijvende waarde en vormen zij een rode draad in haar leven.<br><br>Naast haar werk in het bibliotheekwezen vervult Rita een belangrijke maatschappelijke rol als voorzitter van het bestuur van de Volksuniversiteit in Geldrop. Deze functie sluit naadloos aan bij haar overtuiging dat kennis en leren voor iedereen toegankelijk moeten zijn.<br><br>Steeds vaker merkte Rita dat zij idee\u00ebn had bij thema\u2019s die speelden in Geldrop-Mierlo. In plaats van aan de zijlijn te blijven roepen, koos zij ervoor actief mee te doen in de lokale politiek. Nog altijd verwondert zij zich over hoe zaken verlopen, maar haar betrokkenheid is groot. Binnen D66 Geldrop-Mierlo voelt zij zich thuis in een club van open en onderzoekende mensen die met een optimistische blik naar de gemeente kijken. De pragmatische instelling en de wil om door te pakken sluiten goed aan bij haar eigen houding.<br><br>Rita vervult de rol van fractievoorzitter en lijsttrekker. Haar doel is een dorp waarin iedereen zich gehoord en gezien voelt, meedoet aan de samenleving en een algemeen gevoel van welzijn ervaart. Daarbij wil zij toegankelijk, open, oprecht en bereikbaar zijn voor de inwoners.<br>Geldrop is haar geboortegrond. Na jaren elders te hebben gewoond, keerde zij door haar werk terug en het voelde alsof zij nooit was weggeweest. Die verbondenheid met de gemeente vormt een belangrijke drijfveer in haar politieke inzet.<br><br>Wat Rita het meest raakt, zijn mensen, en in het bijzonder kinderen. Zij vindt dat iedereen met dezelfde kansen moet kunnen starten. Goed onderwijs en ondersteuning voor hen die een duwtje in de rug nodig hebben zijn voor haar essentieel.\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-1650745146\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Functie historie\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-functie-historie3980\">\n\tFunctie historie<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-1650745146\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-1650745146\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-accordion lists content-accordion__lists lists__weight--medium lists__color--black lists__type--default\"><li><label>2018 &#8211; 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