Gerard Schouw

Committees

• Interior and Kingdom Relations
• European Affairs
• Justice
• Procedure Committee

Education

• Primary school, Poeldijk
• Agricultural college, Gouda, 1982 - 1985
• Business administration, Hogeschool Delft, 1985 - 1989

Career

• Policy assistant for the D66 parliamentary group, 1988 - 1990
• Municipal councillor, Dordrecht, April 1990 - April 1998
• Alderman in Dordrecht (responsible for safety & security, regional cooperation Drechtsleden, the arts, personnel & organisation, governmental development, Large Cities Policy (GSB), media), 1994 - 1998
• Project leader Public Domain (developing and implementing learning tracks for administrators and civil servants), 1998 - 2001
• Advisor and project leader, Boer & Croon management consultants, 1999 - 2001
• Managing director Large Cities Knowledge Centre, 2001 - 1 January 2007
• Member of the Senate, since 10 June 2003
• Chairman of the Board, Nicis Institute (Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies) since January 2007
• D66 parliamentary leader, Senate, since 12 June 2007