Ger Koopmans

Committees

• Economic Affairs
• Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
• Transport, Public Works and Water Management
• Housing, Communities and Integration

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