Jan Mulder (politician)

Jan Mulder (born 3 October 1943 in Diever) is a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 until 2004 and from 2010 until 2014. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), a member party of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

Political career
Mulder served as vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets and its Committee on Budgetary Control. In 2007 he was elected one of the six quaestors of the European Parliament.

He was a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Fisheries. During the 2009 European Parliament elections, he was not re-elected but in May 2010 he replaced Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert who was elected in the Dutch parliament.

Mulder is in favour of the European cause and supported the Spinelli Group manifesto.

Other activities

 * European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Chairman of the Supervisory Committee

Education

 * 1970: Agricultural engineer

Career timeline

 * 1970–1975: Assistant FAO expert and subsequently FAO expert in Kenya
 * 1975–1976: Official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
 * 1976–1994: Official of the European Commission, Brussels
 * 1977–1988: Chairman of the VVD Brussels section
 * 1994–2009, 2010–2014: Member of the European Parliament