Jules Maaten
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Jules Maaten is a Dutch
politician
and Member of the European Parliament
with the Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
and sits on the European Parliament
's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs
and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
. He is also a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Jules Maaten was elected as a member of the European Parliament in the European Elections of 10 June, 1999, on the list of the Dutch Liberal Party VVD and he joined the Liberal Group in the Parliament. He currently sits on the Committee for the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Affairs and, since 2002, on the Foreign Affairs Committee. During the first part of the legislature he sat on Economic and Monetary Committee. He has done legislative work on such issues as the Tobacco Directive, the introduction of the euro currency, water quality, AIDS, completion of the EU's internal market in alcohol products, international banking fees, the European Central Bank, safety of children's toys, car exhaust emissions, food safety, and genetically modified organisms and human genetics, homeopathic and pharmaceutical products, Dutch prisoners in Thailand.
Jules Maaten MEP is part of the parliamentary delegation maintaining relations with the ASEAN countries and Korea and of a number of parliamentary Inter-Groups including Population & Sustainable Development, and Animal Welfare. He has been active on EU foreign policy issues including human rights, shipments of nuclear material, East Timor, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, the International Criminal Court, death penalty and the war in Chechnya. In 1999 he was also elected board member of the European Liberal Democratic Party. Since the end of 2001 he has been leader of the VVD-group in the European Parliament. The VVD members elected him as leader of the VVD list for the European elections of June 2004.
Before his election as MEP Jules Maaten was Secretary General of the world union of liberal parties, the Liberal International, in London (1992-1999), during which time he was involved among others in supporting democratic movements in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to that (1986-1991) he was a municipal councillor in his hometown Amstelveen, near Amsterdam, where he dealt with public finance education and social affairs. As President of the World Union of Liberal IFLRY (1983-1989) he worked on issues of disarmament and east-west co-operation.
He began his political activities in 1979 as Personal Assistant of a Member of Parliament in the Netherlands (1979-1981), and as Member and Chairman of the European Youth Policy group of the Dutch International Youth Council, in which Dutch youth organisations discussed their views on the future of European unification. A year later Jules Maaten became national Board Member of the Dutch Young Liberals JOVD (1980-1984) and in 1981 joined the board of IFLRY. In 1982 he joined the executive committee of the Youth Forum of the European Communities in Brussels (a European-wide body of youth organisations), and he was on the staff of the Netherlands committee for the UN International Youth Year (1983-1985) where he dealt with such issues as unemployment and youth culture. From 1985-1989 he was a member of the executive committee of Liberal International. In 1987 he co-authored a book on Dutch liberalism, and he published numerous articles on political issues.
For a number of years he studied History and Law in Amsterdam.
Jules Maaten was born in April, 1961 in Nieuwer-Amstel (the Netherlands) and lives in Rijswijk (Netherlands). He is married to Eva Horstmann, and together they have a daughter Anna (2002).
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Netherlands)
Politics of the Netherlands
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and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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with the Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
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and sits on the European Parliament
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's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is a committee of the European Parliament. It has 68 members and a secretariat of 10 administrators. Its chairman is...
.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
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and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
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. He is also a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Jules Maaten was elected as a member of the European Parliament in the European Elections of 10 June, 1999, on the list of the Dutch Liberal Party VVD and he joined the Liberal Group in the Parliament. He currently sits on the Committee for the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Affairs and, since 2002, on the Foreign Affairs Committee. During the first part of the legislature he sat on Economic and Monetary Committee. He has done legislative work on such issues as the Tobacco Directive, the introduction of the euro currency, water quality, AIDS, completion of the EU's internal market in alcohol products, international banking fees, the European Central Bank, safety of children's toys, car exhaust emissions, food safety, and genetically modified organisms and human genetics, homeopathic and pharmaceutical products, Dutch prisoners in Thailand.
Jules Maaten MEP is part of the parliamentary delegation maintaining relations with the ASEAN countries and Korea and of a number of parliamentary Inter-Groups including Population & Sustainable Development, and Animal Welfare. He has been active on EU foreign policy issues including human rights, shipments of nuclear material, East Timor, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, the International Criminal Court, death penalty and the war in Chechnya. In 1999 he was also elected board member of the European Liberal Democratic Party. Since the end of 2001 he has been leader of the VVD-group in the European Parliament. The VVD members elected him as leader of the VVD list for the European elections of June 2004.
Before his election as MEP Jules Maaten was Secretary General of the world union of liberal parties, the Liberal International, in London (1992-1999), during which time he was involved among others in supporting democratic movements in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to that (1986-1991) he was a municipal councillor in his hometown Amstelveen, near Amsterdam, where he dealt with public finance education and social affairs. As President of the World Union of Liberal IFLRY (1983-1989) he worked on issues of disarmament and east-west co-operation.
He began his political activities in 1979 as Personal Assistant of a Member of Parliament in the Netherlands (1979-1981), and as Member and Chairman of the European Youth Policy group of the Dutch International Youth Council, in which Dutch youth organisations discussed their views on the future of European unification. A year later Jules Maaten became national Board Member of the Dutch Young Liberals JOVD (1980-1984) and in 1981 joined the board of IFLRY. In 1982 he joined the executive committee of the Youth Forum of the European Communities in Brussels (a European-wide body of youth organisations), and he was on the staff of the Netherlands committee for the UN International Youth Year (1983-1985) where he dealt with such issues as unemployment and youth culture. From 1985-1989 he was a member of the executive committee of Liberal International. In 1987 he co-authored a book on Dutch liberalism, and he published numerous articles on political issues.
For a number of years he studied History and Law in Amsterdam.
Jules Maaten was born in April, 1961 in Nieuwer-Amstel (the Netherlands) and lives in Rijswijk (Netherlands). He is married to Eva Horstmann, and together they have a daughter Anna (2002).
Career
- 1978-1979: History student (Free University of Amsterdam)
- 1978-1979: Member of the Europe committee, JOVD (Youth Organisation for Freedom and Democracy)
- 1978-1979: JournalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, Amstelveens Nieuwsblad - 1978-1980: Member and secretary, JOVD Amsterdam
- 1979-1980: Member and secretary, Committee on foreign policy, JOVD
- 1979-1981: Personal assistant, Second Chamber
- 1979-1985: Foundation course in international lawInternational lawPublic international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
(Free University of Amsterdam - 1980-1984: International secretary, JOVD executive
- 1980-1985: Secretary, IDEALS (Liberal foundation for development cooperation)
- 1981-1983: Member of executive, International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (IFLRY)
- 1982-1984: Member of General Executive of the EC Youth Forum
- 1983-1986: Staff assistant, National Working Party on the UN Year of Young People, Amsterdam
- 1983-1989: Chairman of IFLRY
- 1985-1989: Member of executive of European Political Youth Council
- 1986-1991: Member of Amstelveen Municipal Council
- 1992-1999: Secretary-General, Liberal International, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- 1999-2003: TreasurerTreasurerA treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
of the ELDR (Brussels
Decorations
- 1989: Member of the JOVD Order of Merit
- since 1999: Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European ParliamentA 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,...
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Netherlands)
European Parliament election, 2004 (Netherlands)
The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. It was held on on June 10, 2004....