Liesbeth van Tongeren

Committees

• European Affairs
• Economic Affairs
• Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
• Spatial Planning, Housing and the Environment
• Transport, Public Works and Water Management

Education

• Kandidaats examination in Law, 1978
• Degree in International Law, University of Amsterdam, 1983

Career

• Director of several organisations in Australia helping the homeless and refugees, 1984 – 1992
• IMCO, provincial support institute in Noord-Holland, 1993
• Director of a women’s refuge in The Hague, 1994 - 1997
• Senior project advisor, Department for Social Development of the Municipality of Amsterdam, 1998 – 2001
• Director of Social Affairs, Municipality of Purmerend, 2001 - 2003
• Administrative post, European lobby organisation ‘Women on Top’
• Administrative post at a property company
• Director of Greenpeace, 2003 - 2010