Dorette Corbey 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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. She is a member of the Partij van de Arbeid (Dutch Labour Party), which is part of the Party of European Socialists

Party of European Socialists

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, and sits on the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and a member of the delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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.

Education

• General nursing training
• Higher degree in social geography, University of Amsterdam
• Doctoral degree in law
  Law
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   and international relations, State University of Leiden

Career

• 1976-1988: Worked as a general nurse (part-time from 1981)
• 1988-1993: Researcher, Netherlands Institute for International Relations, 'Clingendael', The Hague
  The Hague
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• 1993-1999: Policy adviser, Building and Timber Federation, FNV
  FNV
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   (Dutch Trade Union Federation)
• 1996-1997: Project coordinator - European Works Councils, European Federation of Building and Woodworkers, Brussels
• 1997-1999: Member of the European Integration Committee of the Advisory Council on International Affairs
• since 1999: Member of the European Parliament
  Member of the European Parliament
  A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
  
  

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