Albert Jan Maat
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'''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}}
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[[Category:Members of the European Parliament from the Netherlands]]
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