Frans Timmermans
Personal information
Full name:
Timmermans, F.C.G.M. (PvdA)
Place and date of birth:
Maastricht, 06 May 1961
City:
Heerlen
Seniority:
3903
Age:
51
Gender:
Male
Parliamentary Party:
Committees:
Education:
- Grammar school Saint George's English School in Rome, from 1972 to 1975
- Grammar school Roman Catholic Bernardinus College in Heerlen, from 1975 to 1980
- French Literature at the Catholic University in Nijmegen, from 1980 to 1985
- European Law at the University of Nancy, from 1984 to 1985
- French Literature at the University of Nancy, from 1984 to 1985
Career:
- Second secretary at the Moscow embassy, from 1 July 1990 to 1 September 1993
- Assistant to European Commissioner Van den Broek in Brussels, from 15 March 1993 to 15 March 1995
- Civil servant with the Integration Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 1 August 1987 to 1 July 1990
- Civil servant with the directorate general for Development Aid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 1 September 1993 to 15 March 1994
- Adviser and private secretary to Dr. M. van der Stoel, High Commissioner for national minorities at the O.V.S.E. (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), from 1 June 1995 to May 1998
- Member of the Dutch House of Representatives of the States-General, since 19 May 1998
- State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 22 february 2007 - 23 february 2010
