Ieke van den Burg

Ieke van den Burg (born 6 March 1952 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She 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 Economic and Monetary Affairs. She is also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and a member of the delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

Career

* First degree in psychology (1974)
* Various diplomas in graphics (1976-1983)
* Training and work in the graphics sector (1976-1983)
* Policy adviser, Printing and Paper Union, FNV (Netherlands Trade Union Confederation) and the FNV Women's Secretariat (1984-1990)
* Administrator, FNV (1990-1997)
* Adviser, European Trade Union Confederation (1998-1999)
* Member, SER (Social and Economic Council) (1987-1997)
* Delegate to the ILO Conference (1990-1997)
* employees' spokeswoman on the Convention on Part-Time Work (1993-1994) and the convention on Homeworking (1995-1996)
* Member of the European Trade Union Confederation executive committee (1994-1997)
* Member of the Economic and Social Committee (including Chairwoman of the Social Affairs Committee and member of the Bureau) (1994-1998)
* Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
* Substitute member of the Convention on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000)

External links

* [http://www.iekevandenburg.eu Official website] (in Dutch)
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=4483 European Parliament biography]
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/4483_02-07-2004.PDF Declaration] of financial interests (in Dutch; PDF file)