Toine Manders

Toine Manders (born on 14 March 1956 in Stiphout) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Legal Affairs. He is also a member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China.

Education

1982: Academy for the Visual Arts
1992: Master's degree in law

Career

1982–1987: Lecturer
1982–1992: Businessman/designer
1992–1999: In practice as a lawyer
1994–1998: Member and VVD group chairman of the Asten Municipal Council
1995–1999: Member of the North Brabant Provincial Council
since 1999: Member of the European Parliament
since 1992: Advisor, Jazz in Catstown
since 2003: Member of the supervisory board of the Integraal Kankercentrum Zuid (Comprehensive Cancer Centre South)

External links

Toine Manders and Software patents
Web page at the EP group
European Parliament biography of Toine Manders
Interview about soccer
Declaration of financial interests (in Dutch; PDF file)
http://manders.vvd.nl (an older web site)

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