Ger Koopmans
Personal information
Full name:
Koopmans, G.P.J. (CDA)
Place and date of birth:
Velden, 14 August 1962
City:
Velden
Seniority:
3648
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
Parliamentary Party:
Committees:
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Education:
- Grammar school in Venlo, from 1974 to 1980
- Middle management training LLTB (Limburg Agricultural and Market Gardening Society)
- Senior management training KNBTB (Catholic Dutch Farmers and Market Gardeners Society)
- Training external representation LTO (agricultural and market gardening organization)
- Various courses Steenkamp Institute CDA, including Training at CDA management school, from 1986 to 1987
Career:
- Independent dairy farmer, from 1 January 1987 to 1 January 1998
- Independent businessman in partnership with parents in an agricultural business, from 1 January 1980 to 1 January 1987
- Member of Arcen and Velden local council, from 1 April 1990 to 14 September 1999
- Co-owner of restaurant VOC in Venlo, from 1 June 1998 to 1 December 2000
- Alderman (responsible for town planning, environmental issues, land ownership) for Arcen and Velden, from 13 April 1994 to 14 April 1998; also deputy mayor
- Co-owner and entrepreneur, together with partner, of Haddon Hall b.v., a retail business selling antiques and interior decoration articles (3 branches) in Velden, from 1992 to 1 January 2004
- Member of Provincial States for Limburg, 1999-2003
- Member of the Dutch House of Representatives, since 23 May 2002
