Member

• Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Committee on Fisheries
• Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute

• Committee on International Trade
• Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Curriculum Vitae

Professional career

• 10/06/1968-31/12/2013 : Farmer on a pig farm in Hengevelde

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1965-1968 : ABTB Agricultural and Domestic Science College
• 1976-1979 : Intermediate general secondary education, Delden
• 1985-1985 : Management course, Almelo
• 1986-1986 : ABTB executive course, Almelo
• 1986-1986 : Agricultural cooperation course, Deventer