Hendrik Jan (Henk Jan) Ormel (born 15 December 1955) is a Dutch

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. As a member of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolution ...

(Christen-Democratisch Appèl) he was an MP from 23 May 2002 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of foreign policy, the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

and animal welfare. Henk Jan Ormel also sits on the Executive Committee of

AWEPA The Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) is an international parliamentary association that is strictly non-partisan, founded by European parliamentarians in 1984. In cooperation with African parliaments, AWEPA works to st ...

. Ormel began as chief veterinary officer at

FAO The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

on September 20, 2012. He is coordinator of anti-microbial resistance (AMR).

Decorations

* In 2012 he was awarded Knight of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

References

External links

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Personal website
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Parlement.com biography
1955 births Living people Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Politicians from Utrecht (city) 21st-century Dutch politicians {{Netherlands-CDA-politician-stub