Albert Jan Maat (ˈɑl.bərt ˈjɑn ˈmaːt) (born 8 February 1953 in Heino

Heino (Netherlands)

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, Overijssel

Overijssel

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) is a Dutch politician

Politics of the Netherlands

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 and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal

Christian Democratic Appeal

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, which is part of the European People's Party

European People's Party

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, and sits on the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and its Committee on Fisheries.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control, the Committee on Budgets, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, and the delegation to the EU

European Union

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–Chile

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 Joint Parliamentary Committee. He is vice-chair of the delegation to the EU–Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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, EU–Kyrgyzstan

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 and EU–Uzbekistan

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 Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan

Tajikistan

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, Turkmenistan

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 and Mongolia

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.

Career

• Various jobs, CBTB (Christian Farmers' and Horticulturists' Association) (1977–1995)
• Secretary, NLTO (Northern Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Organisation) (1995–1999)
• Chairman, Drenthe CDA and member of CDA executive (1996–1999)
• Member and CDA group chairman, Eelde Municipal Council (1990–1997)
• Member of executive board of ICCO (Ecumenical Coordination Committee on Development Projects) (1995–1999)
• Member of governing body of Christian Agricultural College, Dronten (1995–2001)
• Mr Maat is currently Chairman of the supervisory committee of the Northern Education Group, AOC Terra and Dollard College, and a board member of the Alfa Omega Foundation
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)

External links

• Official website
• European Parliament biography