- Camiel Eurlings
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name =Camiel Eurlings
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birth_date =Birth date and age|1973|9|16|mf=y
birth_place =Valkenburg,Netherlands
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office = Minister of Transportation and Water Management
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term_start =February 22 ,2007
term_end = present
predecessor =Karla Peijs
successor =Incumbent
party =Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)
religion = Roman-Catholic
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footnotes =Camiel Eurlings (born
16 September 1973 in Valkenburg-Houthem) is a Dutch politician and a member of theChristian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He is currently the Minister of Transportation and Water Management.Eurlings is 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 withIsrael .From March 2006 to March 2007 he served as Vice President of the
European People's Party (EPP).Since 2007, he has been Minister of Transportation and Water Management in the
Fourth Balkenende cabinet .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)External links
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28163 European Parliament biography]
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