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

(CDA).

Career

He was an MP from 23 May 2002 to 19 September 2012, focusing on matters of

foreign policy Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...

, the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

, medical ethical affairs and

animal welfare Animal welfare is the quality of life and overall well-being of animals. Formal standards of animal welfare vary between contexts, but are debated mostly by animal welfare groups, legislators, and academics. Animal welfare science uses measures ...

. From 2007-2010 he was the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Dutch parliament. From 2008-2010 Ormel was Vice-President of NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Henk Jan Ormel also sat 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 s ...

. Ormel began as chief veterinary officer at

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on 20 September 2012. He was coordinator of anti-microbial resistance (AMR). He was also the global coordinator of the Global Framework of transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) and worked as One-Health expert for WHO. Following the stepping down of Esther de Lange as a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

, Ormel was sworn in as her successor on 27 February 2024. He was part of the

European People's Party Group The European People's Party Group (EPP Group or simply EPP) is a political group of the European Parliament consisting of deputies (MEPs) from the member parties of the European People's Party (EPP). Sometimes it also includes independent ME ...

. Ormel's term came to end on 15 July 2024, as he did not run for re-election in June 2024.

European Parliament memberships

* Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety * Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Decorations

* In 2012 he was awarded Knight of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau () 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 performed acts of special merits for ...

References

External links

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Parlement.com biography
1955 births Living people Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Dutch MPs 2010–2012 Dutch MPs 2006–2010 Politicians from Utrecht (city) Christian Democratic Appeal MEPs MEPs for the Netherlands 2019–2024 Christian Democratic Appeal MPs {{Netherlands-CDA-politician-stub