Lambertus Jacobus Jozef van Nistelrooij (born 5 March 1953) is a Dutch politician who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP) from 2004 till 2019. He is 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 ...

, part of the European People's Party.

Biography

Youth and education

Lambert van Nistelrooij was born on 5 March 1953 in

Nuland Nuland is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located about 8 km (5 mi) east of 's-Hertogenbosch. Nuland was a separate municipality until 1993 when it merged with Geffen and Vinkel to create the new municipality ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. He studied

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at the

University of Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century ...

and graduated in 1974.

Work and politics

After his graduation, Lambert van Nistelrooij was a teacher for a while. He also worked at the Province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

and the agricultural organisation of North-Brabant Christian Farmers (NCB). At 24 years old, he was a member of the

city council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

of Nuland. In 1982, he joined the Brabant States Group of the CDA. Between 1991 and 2003, Lambert van Nistelrooij was a member of the Deputies of the North-Brabant Province where he was responsible for public health, care for the elderly, housing, urban innovation and internationalisation. He later became a member of the Dutch delegation to the

Committee of the Regions The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities (i.e. regions, counties, provinces, municipalities and cities) with a direct voice w ...

in Brussels and Treasurer of the House of Dutch Provinces in Brussels. He was also

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of the

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for some time.

European Parliament

Lambert van Nistelrooij got elected as a

in 2004 and reelected in 2009 and 2014. He was a member of the EP Committee on Regional Development. He was also substitute member of the EP committee on Internal Market and member of the delegation for EU-relations with Latin-America, Brazil and Mercosur. During his second mandate he was also engaged in energy and telecommunications in his function as a substitute member of the EP Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He was also on the delegations for relations with the countries of South Asia, Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, and the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. Lambert van Nistelrooij was the European Parliament Rapporteur and Negotiator for the European Structural Funds and the

European Investment Fund The European Investment Fund (EIF), established in 1994, is a financial institution for the provision of finance to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), headquartered in Luxembourg. It is part of the European Investment Bank Group. It ...

(2014–2020). The budget for this amounts to €222 billion.

Personal life

Lambert van Nistelrooij is married. He lives in

Diessen Diessen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Hilvarenbeek. History The village was first mentioned in 380 as Deusone, and relates to the Dieze River. The etymology is unclear. Diessen develop ...

and holds the title of Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Besides his work as an MEP, he has a special interest in civil society. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board of "Smart Homes", the National Centre for Home Automation and Smart Living, and Prisma, an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Lambert-van-nistelrooij-1307361962

Curriculum vitae

''Studies'' * 1974: Human Geography University of Nijmegen (cum laude). ''Professional Activities'' * 1979-1983: Assistant Metropolitan Tilburg * 1983-1988: Policy province of Gelderland * 1987-1991: Departmental management training and organisational development, North Brabant Christian Farmers Political activities'' * 1978: City Council Member Nuland * 1982-1991: Brabant States Group of the CDA * 1991-2003: Deputy of the Province of North Brabant for health, care for the elderly, housing, urban renewal and internationalisation * 1992-2003: President and Vice-President of the Assembly of the Regions of Europe * 1995-2003: Delegation and rapporteur of the Committee of the Regions * 1995-2003: Various positions in the Regional Assembly of the Council of Europe * 2004-2009: President of the Assembly of European Border Regions ''Other'' * 1999-2003: Chairman of Alive: European Challenge to Ageing * 2001-2010: President 'Perspekt Mark for Care', Utrecht * 2003–present: Chairman Advisory Board "Smart Homes", National Centre for automation and Smart Living, Eersel * 2006–present: Member of the Supervisory Board of Valkenhof, nursing and care, Valkenswaard. * 2009–present: Chairman of th
Knowledge4Innovation (K4I)
Forum of the European Parliament. * 2011–present: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Prism, an institution for people with intellectual disabilities, Waalwijk

External links

Profile on CDA.nl

References

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