Camiel Martinus Petrus Stephanus Eurlings (; born 16 September 1973) is a Dutch politician and businessman. A member of the

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(CDA), he served as Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management from 2007 to 2010. He is a Member of the supervisory board of

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. A

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by occupation, Eurlings was elected as a member of the

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at the general election of 1998, serving from 19 May 1998 until 20 July 2004, when he was elected as a

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(MEP) in the European Parliament election of 2004, serving from 20 July 2004 until 22 February 2007. After the general election of 2006, Eurlings was asked to become Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the

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, serving from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010. Eurlings retired from active politics at the age of 37 and became a

and later

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and

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, serving at the Air France – KLM Group from 15 March 2011 until 16 October 2014. Later he served, amongst others, as Member of the Board of Directors of American Express GBT and currently as Director of Knighthood Capital.

Biography

Eurlings is the eldest son of Martin Eurlings, a former member of the

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, who was elected Mayor of

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in 2007. After grammar school in

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, Eurlings began to study Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven in 1993. He was also politically active in his hometown, and on 12 April 1994, at age 20, was elected councillor of his hometown. This made him the youngest councillor at that time.Eurlings graduated cum laude in 1998. At that moment he already was elected as youngest member of the Netherlands National Parliament (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal).

Politics

Camiel Eurlings was Member of the Netherlands House of Representatives from 1998 until 2004 for the CDA (Christian Democrat Alliance). He was, amongst others, chief spokesman for Transport and for Foreign Affairs. Eurlings was a former

from 2004 until 2007. He sat on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also chaired the delegation to the

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–

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Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and was a substitute for the

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, the

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, the

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, and the delegation for relations with

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. He was the European Rapporteur for the Accession of Turkey from 2004 until 2007. From March 2006 to March 2007 he served as Vice President of the

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(EPP). From 2007 to 2010 he was the Netherlands Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the

Business career

Eurlings became a

for

, in the meantime leading the Cargo department of Air France and KLM. Under his responsibility the commercial integration of Full Freight company Martinair and Air France – KLM Cargo was effectuated.. On 1 July 2013 he succeeded

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as the

and

of the KLM. In 2014, fellow Dutch executives elected Eurlings as 'Best Manager 2014', followed by Frans van Houten (

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) and

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(

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). On 15 October 2014, he announced that he would be leaving KLM. Eurlings served as Member of the Alliance Steering Committee of the Board of Directors of GOL Airlines (Brazil) in 2013 and 2014. From 2011 until 2014 Eurlings was Member of the executive board of the Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW). In June 2015, Eurlings announced on his

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page that he had been working as a member of the board of directors of

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since January 2015. He resigned from this position in January 2017. In February 2018, Eurlings started ad advisor to the Board of Directors of Knighthood Capital. In September 2018, he was nominated to become a Director himself.

Sports

Eurlings became an IOC Member at the

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in September 2013. He was appointed as the chairman of the IOC Communication Committee.

Assault accusation

In January 2018, Eurlings resigned from the

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following an accusation made against him. The accusation was settled out of court without establishment of guilt by the Public Prosecution Service and without admission of guilt by Eurlings. The settlement was entered into the Justicial Registration with a note, which formally is not a criminal record."Quote of former President of the Dutch Supreme Court Mr. Corstens"
''Daily De Telegraaf'', 23 March 2017.

Decorations

References

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