Jan Wit

Personal information
Full name:
Wit, J.M.A.M. de (SP)
Place and date of birth:
Zevenbergen, 10 May 1945
City:
Heerlen
Seniority:
5113
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
Parliamentary Party:
Committees:
Education:
- Grammar school (arts subjects) in Roosendaal, from 1957 to 1963
- Law: public law, at the Catholic School of Economics in Tilburg, from 1963 to 1969
Career:
- Lawyer and solicitor in Eindhoven, from 1 December 1969 to 1 June 1971
- Assistant at the Young Workers Educational Institute, from 1 June 1971 to 1 September 1973
- Lawyer and solicitor in Heerlen, from 1 March 1978 to 1 March 2003
- Employee of the SP parliamentary party in the Dutch House of Representatives, from 1 June 1994 to 7 May 1998
- Member of the Heerlen local council, from January 1982 to 1 February 1996
- Member of the Dutch Upper House, from 13 June 1995 to 19 May 1998
- Member of the Dutch House of Representatives, since 19 May 1998
- Chair of the commitee of social affairs and employment, since the end of 2006 till the end of June
- Lawyer and solicitor in Maastricht, from 1 December 1973 to 1 March 1978
- Chair of the Committee Parliamentary Inquiry on the Financial System since 16 November 2010
