Wim van de Camp
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Wim van de Camp MEP |
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| Parliamentary Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2009 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2009 |
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| Constituency | Netherlands |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 3 June 1986 – 14 July 2009 |
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Wilhelmus Gerardus Johannes Maria van de Camp 27 July 1953 Oss, Netherlands |
| Political party |
 Dutch:Christian Democratic Appeal  EU:European People's Party |
| Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Website | Official website |
Wilhelmus Johannes Gerardus Maria van de Camp (born 27 July 1953) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is the head of the CDA delegation, part of the European People's Party (Christian-Democrats) (EPP Group). He was previously a member of the Dutch House of Representatives (3 June 1986 – 14 July 2009) where he was active in the fields of education, justice and asylum policy.
Wim van de Camp was born on 27 July 1953 in Oss, Netherlands where his parents had an agricultural business. After secondary school, he went to the Higher Agricultural School of Tropical Agriculture in Deventer where he obtained his engineering degree in 1976. He continued his studies in 1982 at the University of Nijmegen where he studied Law.
Wim van de Camp started his career as a paralegal in the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG in Dutch). Because of his early interest in politics, he joined the KVP-Jo, the youth association of the KVP. Between 1978 and 1981, he was President of this association. He then became Vice President of the CDJA, the youth organization of the CDA which arose in 1981 from a merger between the CSF-Jo, ARJOS and CHJO. Later, from 1981 until 1986, he was a member of the national CDA Party administration.
Wim van de Camp was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives from 1986 until 2009. In this function, he worked mainly on education and justice. He was also Chairman of the standing committees Home Affairs and Education, Culture and Science.
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