Bert Doorn (; born 26 May 1949) is a Dutch politician and

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(MEP). He is a member of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( , CDA) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in the Netherlands. Formed as a federation in 1975 by the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, and the Christian Historical ...

, which is part of the

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, and sits on the

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and its

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. He is also a member of the delegation for relations with the countries of

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and the

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, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the

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Biography

Doorn was born in

Enschede Enschede (; local ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Overijssel and the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands. The east of the urban area reaches ...

Overijssel Overijssel (; ; ; ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name comes from the perspective of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, Episcopal principality of Utrecht ...

. He studied law at

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

(1968–1973), Nancy (1973–1974) and

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

(1974). He obtained a

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in competition law from Freiburg (1976–1978) He was Secretary for international affairs (1978–1992) and secretary for matters relating to company law (1992–1997) with the VNO (Confederation of Netherlands Industry). From 1997 to 1999, he was a company lawyer with

VNO-NCW VNO-NCW (known in English language, English as the "Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers") is a Dutch Employers' organization, employers' federation founded in 1996 as a merger of the Christian-democratic ''Nederlands Christelijk We ...

(Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers) (1997–1999). He was involved in various activities with the CDA, acting as Chairman of the Wassenaar section, a member of the national working party on international cooperation, and a member of the CDA's Foreign Affairs Committee. He became a Member of the European Parliament in 1999, and represents the CDA, as a Member of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. He has been delegation leader since 2003.

External links

Official website

European Parliament biography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doorn, Bert 1949 births Living people Christian Democratic Appeal MEPs MEPs for the Netherlands 1999–2004 MEPs for the Netherlands 2004–2009 People from Enschede