Margrietus van den Berg (born 22 March 1946 in Ammerstol , South Holland) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Development .

He is also a substitute for the Committee on International Trade and the Subcommittee on Human Rights , vice-chair of the delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community, a substitute for the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and a member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013.

Career

• Higher degree in sociology; subsidiary subjects: urban planning and political science (Groningen, 1969).
• Member of the academic staff/lecturer, Faculty of Sociology (Groningen State University, 1969-1970)
• Working visit to slum areas in a number of towns in Peru, Mexico and Colombia (1978-1979)
• Director-General NOVIB (Netherlands international development cooperation organisation) (1986-1999)
• Director of Education, NOVIB (1986-1989)
• Chairman of the PvdA (Labour Party) (1979-1986)
• Alderman (1970-1978) and Deputy Mayor (1972-1978) of Groningen
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
• Leader of the PvdA delegation in the European Parliament
• Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-2004 et seq.)
• Member of Eurostep (1990-1999)
• Member of Oxfam International (1995-1999)
• Member of the board of governors of the African Studies Centre, Leiden
• Member of the management board of the Jan Vrijman Foundation
• Chairman of the management board, Theater Zeebelt, The Hague
• Member of the management board of Wereldomroep (Radio Netherlands International), Zeist
• Member of the management board of the Design Academy, Eindhoven

External links

• Official website
• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in Dutch; PDF file)