Camiel Eurlings
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Camiel Eurlings | |
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In office February 22, 2007 – present |
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Preceded by | Karla Peijs |
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Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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Born | September 16, 1973 Valkenburg, Netherlands |
Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) |
Religion | Roman-Catholic |
Website | www.camiel.com |
Camiel Eurlings (born 16 September 1973 in Valkenburg-Houthem), and is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal. He is a Dutch politician and a former Member of the European Parliament. He was a member of the bureau of the European People's Party, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also chaired the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and was a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and the delegation for relations with Israel.
He currently holds the post of Minister of Transportation and Water Management in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet.
[edit] Career
- Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology (1998)
- Research project, Supply Chain Management, Canon Ing Ibaraki, Japan (1996)
- Research project, New Business Development, DSM Research, Geleen, Netherlands (1997-1998)
- Member of the Valkenburg a/d Geul Municipal Council and group secretary (1994-1998)
- Member of the Second Chamber of the States-General (1998-2004)
- CDA group vice-chairman (2002-2004)
- CDA spokesman on higher education and youth questions (1998-2000)
- CDA chief spokesman on transport (2001-2002)
- CDA chief spokesman on foreign affairs (2002-2004)
- CDA president of CDA Delegation to the European Parliament (2004-2007)
- CDA Minister of Minister of Transportation and Water Management (2007-Current)
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Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers: Wouter Bos (Finance) • André Rouvoet (Youth and Family)
Ministers: Guusje ter Horst (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Maxime Verhagen (Foreign Affairs) • Eimert van Middelkoop (Defense) • Maria van der Hoeven (Economic Affairs) • Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) • Gerda Verburg (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) • Ronald Plasterk (Education, Culture and Science) • Piet Hein Donner (Social Affairs and Employment) • Camiel Eurlings (Transportation and Water Management) • Ab Klink (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports) • Jacqueline Cramer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) • Ella Vogelaar (Minister of Housing and Integration) • Bert Koenders (International Development)
State Secretaries: Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) • Frans Timmermans (European Affairs) • Nebahat Albayrak (Justice) • Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) • Sharon Dijksma (Education, Culture and Science) • Cees van der Knaap (Defense) • Tineke Huizinga (Transport and Water Management) • Frank Heemskerk (Economic Affairs) • Ahmed Aboutaleb (Social Affairs and Employment) •Jet Bussemaker (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports)