Camiel Eurlings

Camiel Eurlings

Minister of Transportation and Water Management
In office February 22, 2007 – present
Preceded by	Karla Peijs

Born	September 16, 1973 (1973-09-16) (age 34) Valkenburg, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)
Religion	Roman-Catholic

Camiel Eurlings (born 16 September 1973 in Valkenburg-Houthem) and is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

He is a Dutch politician and a former Member of the European Parliament and sat on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also chaired the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and was a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and the delegation for relations with Israel.

From March 2006 to March 2007 he served as Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP).

[edit] Career

Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology (1998)
Research project, Supply Chain Management, Canon Ing Ibaraki, Japan (1996)
Research project, New Business Development, DSM Research, Geleen, Netherlands (1997-1998)
Member of the Valkenburg a/d Geul Municipal Council and group secretary (1994-1998)
Member of the Second Chamber of the States-General (1998-2004)
CDA group vice-chairman (2002-2004)
CDA spokesman on higher education and youth questions (1998-2000)
CDA chief spokesman on transport (2001-2002)
CDA chief spokesman on foreign affairs (2002-2004)
CDA president of CDA Delegation to the European Parliament (2004-2007)
CDA Minister of Minister of Transportation and Water Management (2007-Current)

v • d • e Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2007–present)

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Ministers	Wouter Bos (Finance) · André Rouvoet (Youth and Family)

Ministers	Guusje ter Horst (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) · Maxime Verhagen (Foreign Affairs) · Eimert van Middelkoop (Defense) · Maria van der Hoeven (Economic Affairs) · Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) · Gerda Verburg (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) · Ronald Plasterk (Education, Culture and Science) · Piet Hein Donner (Social Affairs and Employment) · Camiel Eurlings (Transportation and Water Management) · Ab Klink (Health, Welfare and Sport) · Jacqueline Cramer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) · Ella Vogelaar (Minister of Housing and Integration) · Bert Koenders (International Development)

State Secretaries	Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) · Frans Timmermans (European Affairs) · Nebahat Albayrak (Justice) · Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) · Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) · Sharon Dijksma (Education, Culture and Science) · Jack de Vries (Defense) · Tineke Huizinga (Transport and Water Management) · Frank Heemskerk (Economic Affairs) · Ahmed Aboutaleb (Social Affairs and Employment) · Jet Bussemaker (Health, Welfare and Sport)