Ieke van den Burg

Ieke van den Burg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈikə vɑn dɛm ˈbɵrx];[1] March 1952 28 September 2014) was a Dutch politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Van den Burg was born in Apeldoorn, Gelderland. She was a member of the Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. She was also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and a member of the delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

From 2011 to 2014, van den Burg chaired the Brussels-based NGO Finance Watch and was a member of the European Systemic Risk Board's Advisory Scientific Committee.[2] In recognition of her contribution, the European Systemic Risk Board has established an annual research prize dedicated to Ieke van den Burg's memory.[3]

Van den Burg died 28 September 2014 in Amsterdam.

Career

References

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  2. ESRB. "Advisory Scientific Committee".
  3. ESRB. "ESRB Research Prize in Memory of Ieke van den Burg" (PDF).


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