Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Expertise:
• NATO Military Capabilities
• NATO Operations
H.E. Eimert van Middelkoop was appointed Minister of Defence in the fourth Balkenende government on 22 February 2007. Prior to that, from 1989 until 2002 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the States General. He has been a member of the Senate of the States General since 2003. Mr. van Middelkoop has held numerous positions, in particular as member of the supervisory committee of the Social and Cultural Planning Office, chair of the interministerial policy review committee on task specialisation in European defence, secretary/treasurer of the Centre for Parliamentary History in Nijmegen, member of the Advisory Board of the East-West Parliamentary Practice Project, member of the feedback group of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, deputy chair of the Advisory Board of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations “Clingendael” and member of the Supervisory Council of the Institute for Multiparty Democracy. He has also been a freelancer for the Evangelical Broadcasting Association (EO) and a columnist for the Nederlands Dagblad.
• NATO Military Capabilities
• NATO Operations
H.E. Eimert van Middelkoop was appointed Minister of Defence in the fourth Balkenende government on 22 February 2007. Prior to that, from 1989 until 2002 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the States General. He has been a member of the Senate of the States General since 2003. Mr. van Middelkoop has held numerous positions, in particular as member of the supervisory committee of the Social and Cultural Planning Office, chair of the interministerial policy review committee on task specialisation in European defence, secretary/treasurer of the Centre for Parliamentary History in Nijmegen, member of the Advisory Board of the East-West Parliamentary Practice Project, member of the feedback group of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, deputy chair of the Advisory Board of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations “Clingendael” and member of the Supervisory Council of the Institute for Multiparty Democracy. He has also been a freelancer for the Evangelical Broadcasting Association (EO) and a columnist for the Nederlands Dagblad.
