Caroline van der Plas is currently absent from the House of Representatives. She needs all her energy and attention for her mother, who is seriously ill. Nuala van der Plas-Fitzpatrick was an alderman in Deventer in the 1990s.
Van der Plas announces her temporary absence in The Hague on X. She writes on the social medium that her ‘dearest mother’ suffered a severe brain haemorrhage on Friday. The prospects are poor’.
Caroline van der Plas and her brother currently watch over their dear mother 24 hours a day. ‘She is the sweetest and best mom we could have wished for.’
Like Caroline, her mother was politically active. Nuala van der Plas-Fitzpatrick was an alderman for the CDA in Deventer in the 1990s, which is still the hometown of Caroline van der Plas.
Van der Plas-Fitzpatrick was a director in Koekstad for eight years. Nuala van der Plas-Fitzpatrick is Irish by birth.
The Stentor published an extensive article in 2023 about the bond between mother and daughter, and the political careers of both. You can read that article here.