Albert Jan Maat 1480360 206961032 2008-04-20T21:08:18Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[de:Albert Jan Maat]] '''Albert Jan Maat''' (born [[8 February]] [[1953]] in [[Heino]], [[Overijssel]]) is a [[Politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]] and [[Member of the European Parliament]]. He is a member of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]], which is part of the [[European People's Party]], and sits on the [[European Parliament]]'s [[European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development|Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development]] and its [[European Parliament Committee on Fisheries|Committee on Fisheries]]. He is also a substitute for the [[European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control|Committee on Budgetary Control]], the [[European Parliament Committee on Budgets|Committee on Budgets]], the [[European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights|Subcommittee on Human Rights]], and the delegation to the [[European Union|EU]]–[[Chile]] Joint Parliamentary Committee. He is vice-chair of the delegation to the EU–[[Kazakhstan]], EU–[[Kyrgyzstan]] and EU–[[Uzbekistan]] Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] and [[Mongolia]]. ==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 government|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== * [http://www.ajmaat.nl/ Official website] * [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=4492 European Parliament biography] * {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|4492_15-12-2004.PDF|nl}} {{MEP-stub}} {{Netherlands-politician-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Maat, Albert Jan}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the European Parliament from the Netherlands]] [[Category:People from Overijssel]] [[de:Albert Jan Maat]] [[nl:Albert Jan Maat]]