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* {{nl}} ''Op zoek naar [[George Fles]], het einde van een Hollandse revolutionair in de Sovjetunie'' ('Searching for George Fles, the end of a Dutch revolutionary in the [[Soviet Union]]'). [[Amsterdam]]: Van Gennep, 1993. ISBN 906012992X |
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Revision as of 21:55, 10 July 2011
Thijs Berman | |
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| Born | September 26, 1957 |
| Citizenship | Netherlands |
| Education | Psychology |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Journalist |
| Employer | European Parliament |
| Political party | Labour Party (Netherlands) |
| Website | thijsberman.pvda.nl Template:Nl icon |
Thijs Berman (born September 26, 1957 in Coevorden) is a Dutch politician and a Member of the European Parliament.
Biography
Berman was born in the Province of Drenthe and grew up in the Province of Groningen. After initially studying acting in Maastricht, he turned to psychology. He earned a bachelor degree in psychology from Utrecht University in 1983 and a master's from the University of Amsterdam in 1987. Since, he was a correspondent in Paris and Moscow for the Dutch Public Radio (Radio 1), the Dutch international radio Wereldomroep, the agrarian daily Agrarisch Dagblad, and magazine Elsevier. He presented many radio and television shows, notably for broadcaster IKON.
In June 2004 he was elected to the European Parliament. He is a member of the Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights. He is also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and for the Committee on Budgetary Control. Further he is the chair of the Delegation for relations with Afghanistan.
In 2009 he headed Dutch Labour in the European elections after winning the party primaries, beating Jacques Monasch, Hannah Belliot, and Kris Douma.[1]
In 2010 he was appointed as head of the EU Election Observer Mission to Ethiopia.[2]
Bibliography
- Template:Nl Op zoek naar George Fles, het einde van een Hollandse revolutionair in de Sovjetunie ('Searching for George Fles, the end of a Dutch revolutionary in the Soviet Union'). Amsterdam: Van Gennep, 1993. ISBN 906012992X
See also
References
External links
- Template:Nl Official website
- European Parliament biography
- Declaration of financial interests (in Dutch; PDF file)
- Thijs Berman at IMDb
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Template:Members of the European Parliament 2004–2009 Template:Netherlands MEPs 2009–2014
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Dutch journalists
- Dutch politicians
- Dutch psychologists
- Labour Party (Netherlands) MEPs
- Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
- MEPs for the Netherlands 2004–2009
- MEPs for the Netherlands 2009–2014
- People from Coevorden
- People from Groningen (city)
- University of Amsterdam alumni
- Utrecht University alumni