Max van den Berg

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Margrietus Johannes (Max) van den Berg (born 22 March 1946 in Ammerstol, South Holland) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Development.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on International Trade and the Subcommittee on Human Rights, vice-chair of the delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community, a substitute for the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and a member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013.

[edit] Career

Higher degree in sociology; subsidiary subjects: urban planning and political science (Groningen, 1969).
Member of the academic staff/lecturer, Faculty of Sociology (Groningen State University, 1969-1970)
Working visit to slum areas in a number of towns in Peru, Mexico and Colombia (1978-1979)
Director-General NOVIB (Netherlands international development cooperation organisation) (1986-1999)
Director of Education, NOVIB (1986-1989)
Chairman of the PvdA (Labour Party) (1979-1986)
Alderman (1970-1978) and Deputy Mayor (1972-1978) of Groningen
Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
Leader of the PvdA delegation in the European Parliament
Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-2004 et seq.)
Member of Eurostep (1990-1999)
Member of Oxfam International (1995-1999)
Member of the board of governors of the African Studies Centre, Leiden
Member of the management board of the Jan Vrijman Foundation
Chairman of the management board, Theater Zeebelt, The Hague
Member of the management board of Wereldomroep (Radio Netherlands International), Zeist
Member of the management board of the Design Academy, Eindhoven