Jan Mulder (politician)

This article is about a Dutch Politician. For other Jan Mulders, see Jan Mulder (disambiguation).

Jan Mulder

Jan Mulder (born 3 October 1943 in Diever) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), a member party of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He was vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets and its Committee on Budgetary Control.

On 16 January 2007 he was elected one of the six quaestors of the European Parliament.

He was a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Fisheries. During the 2009 European Parliament elections, he was not re-elected but in May 2010 he replaced Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert who was elected in the Dutch parliament. Jan Mulder is in favour of the European cause, he supported the Spinelli Group manifesto.

Education

1970: Agricultural engineer

Career timeline

1970–1975: Assistant FAO expert and subsequently FAO expert in Kenya
1975–1976: Official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
1976–1994: Official of the European Commission, Brussels
1977–1988: Chairman of the VVD Brussels section
1994–2009, 2010–2014: Member of the European Parliament

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Netherlands)

External links

Official website
Personal profile of Jan Mulder in the European Parliament's database of members
Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Dutch)

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