Jules Maaten

Jules Maaten

Jules Maaten (born on 17 April 1961 in Nieuwer-Amstel) 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).

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1978-1979: History student (Free University of Amsterdam
1978-1979: Member of the Europe committee, JOVD (Youth Organisation for Freedom and Democracy)
1978-1979: Journalist, 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 law (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, London
1999-2003: Treasurer of the ELDR (Brussels