Irene Daatman
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Irene Daatman (born Irene Meerdijk) is a Knootian lawyer and charity activist, and wife of the Prime Minister of Knootoss, Jan Willem Daatman.
Born to the family of Anna and Jan Meerdijk, Irene Daatman grew up in Leiden. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Amsterdam. She met Jan Willem Daatman during her university studies and was married to him three years later. She started working and established her own real estate agency which she kept running until her husband became Prime Minister.
She was never active in politics. At the university she participated in a student exchange programme with the New York and Jersey. Successful in her own business, she also devoted her time and energy to numerous charity campaigns, many of which she initiated herself. As First Lady she promotes voluntary activities and encourages others to help the disabled, the ill and the poor.
