MEP

The Netherlands

ALDE

Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie

E-mail: jan.huitema@europarl.europa.eu
EP page: http://bit.ly/1E1mbKL
Website: http://www.janhuitema.nl/
Twitter: @jhuitema
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janhuitemavvd

Committees:
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Substitute

Delegations:
Delegation for relations with Canada

Non-political Career:
Policy adviser, DG Presidency, European Parliament;
Partner and Dairy Farmer, Partnership W. en J.F. en J. Huitema-Aalberts;
Policy advisor, Jan Mulder, Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Liberal Party VVD 2008-09;
Senior policy advisor, Holger Krahmer, Member of the European Parliament for the German Liberal Party FDP 2009-2012

Profession: Dairy farmer

Education (Schools, NOT higher education): Bogerman (VWO, 2002)

Higher/further Education:
Animal Sciences, Wageningen University (BSc);
Animal Production Systems, Wageningen University (MSc, 2008)

Languages: DUTCH, English, German, Spanish

Video interview with MEP Huitema describing how an interest in agricultural policy brought him to the European Parliament:

Source: European Voice

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