Camiel Eurlings

Camiel Eurlings
Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
In office February 22, 2007 – October 14, 2010
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Karla Peijs
Succeeded by	Melanie Schultz van Haegen (IenM)
Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands
In office July 20, 2004 – February 22, 2007
Member of the House of Representatives
In office May 19, 1998 – July 20, 2004
Personal details
Born	Camiel Martinus Petrus Stephanus Eurlings (1973-09-16) September 16, 1973 Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal
Other political affiliations	European People's Party
Residence	Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
Alma mater	Eindhoven University of Technology (Master of Science)
Occupation	Politician Businessperson Corporate director
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Camiel Martinus Petrus Stephanus Eurlings (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaː.mil ˈøːr.lɪŋs]) (born September 16, 1973) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from May 19, 1998 until July 20, 2004 when he became a Member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party until February 22, 2007 when he became Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Cabinet Balkenende IV, serving until October 14, 2010. Earlier that year Eurlings announced his retirement from active-politics and became a corporate director for KLM.

Biography

Early life

Eurlings is the eldest son of Martin Eurlings, a former Representative of Limburg in the States Deputed and who is since 2007 the Mayor of Valkenburg aan de Geul. After grammar school in Maastricht, he began to study Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven in 1991. He was also politically active in his hometown and on April 12 1994, at age 20, was elected councilor of his home town. This made him at that time the youngest councilor at that time.

Politics

Eurlings is a former Member of the European Parliament and sat on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also chaired the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and was a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and the delegation for relations with Israel. From March 2006 to March 2007 he served as Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP). From 2007 to 2010 he was Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet.

KLM

Eurlings is currently a corporate director for KLM, leading the freight department. He will succeed Peter Hartman as the next President and CEO of KLM on 1 July 2013.

Personal

He is not married but had a relation with a Hungarian woman until 2011.

Decorations

• Netherlands
  • Order of Orange-Nassau
    • Officer (December 3, 2010)
• Holy See
  • Order of the Holy Sepulchre
    • Knight (October 30, 2010)

External links

• (Dutch) Ir. C.M.P.S. (Camiel) Eurlings (Parlement & Politiek)

Government offices
Preceded by Karla Peijs	Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management 2007-2010	Succeeded by Melanie Schultz van Haegen (IenM)