Camiel Eurlings

Camiel Eurlings


Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands
In office 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Karla Peijs
Succeeded by	Melanie Schultz van Haegen as Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Netherlands
Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands
In office 20 July 2004 – 22 February 2007
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 19 May 1998 – 20 July 2004
Personal details
Born	Camiel Martinus Petrus Stephanus Eurlings (1973-09-16) 16 September 1973 Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal
Other political affiliations	European People's Party
Residence	Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
Alma mater	Eindhoven University of Technology (Master of Engineering)
Occupation	Politician Businessperson Corporate director
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Camiel Martinus Petrus Stephanus Eurlings (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːmil ˈøːrlɪŋs]; born 16 September 1973) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Eurlings a corporate director by occupation, was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the Dutch general election of 1998 serving from 19 May 1998 until 20 July 2004 when he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament after the European Parliament election of 2004 serving from 20 July 2004 until 22 February 2007. After the Dutch general election of 2006 Eurlings was asked to become Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands in the Cabinet Balkenende IV serving from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010.

Eurlings retired from active politics at the age of thirty-seven and became a corporate director and later President and CEO of KLM serving from 1 July 2013 until 16 October 2014.

Biography

Early life

Eurlings is the eldest son of Martin Eurlings, a former Representative of Limburg in the States Deputed and who is since 2007 the Mayor of Valkenburg aan de Geul. After grammar school in Maastricht, he began to study Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven in 1991. He was also politically active in his hometown and on April 12 1994, at age 20, was elected councilor of his home town. This made him the youngest councilor at that time.

Politics

Eurlings is a former Member of the European Parliament and sat on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also chaired the delegation to the European Union–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and was a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and the delegation for relations with Israel. From March 2006 to March 2007 he served as Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP). From 2007 to 2010 he was Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet.

KLM

Eurlings became a corporate director for KLM, leading the freight department. On 1 July 2013 he succeed Peter Hartman as the President and CEO of KLM.^[1]^[2] In 2014, fellow Dutch executives elected Eurlings as 'Best Manager 2014',^[3] followed by Frans van Houten (Philips) and Dick Boer (Ahold). On 15 October 2014 he announced he is leaving KLM. ^[4]

American Express

June 2015 Eurlings announced on his Linkedin page that he has been working as an Non-executive director of the board of directors of American Express Global Business Travel since January 2015.^[5]

Sport

He became an IOC Member at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in September 2013.^[6]

Personal

He is not married but had a relation with a Hungarian woman until 2011.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Officer of the Order of Oranje-Nassau	Netherlands	30 October 2010
	Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre	Holy See

References

↑ (Dutch) 'Camiel Eurlings volgt Peter Hartman op als topman KLM', Elsevier, 14 December 2012
↑ (Dutch) Eurlings opvolger Hartman bij KLM, RTL Nieuws, 14 December 2012
↑ "Camiel Eurlings (KLM) is de beste bestuurder van 2014". MT.nl (in Dutch).
↑ "Camiel Eurlings stapt op als topman bij KLM". NU.nl (in Dutch). 15 October 2014.
↑ (Dutch) 'Nieuwe baan Camiel Eurlings bij American Express', Telegraaf, 4 June 2015
↑ (English) IOC Session elects nine new members

External links

Media related to Camiel Eurlings at Wikimedia Commons

(Dutch) Ir. C.M.P.S. (Camiel) Eurlings Parlement & Politiek

Government offices
Preceded by Karla Peijs	Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands 2007–2010	Succeeded by Melanie Schultz van Haegen as Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Netherlands
Business positions
Preceded by Peter Hartman	President and CEO 2014–2018	Succeeded by Pieter Elbers

Ministers of Transport and Water Management of the Netherlands

Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management

Vos Van Schaik Spitzen Wemmers Algera Witte Van Aartsen Korthals Van Aartsen Suurhoff Bogaers Suurhoff De Quay Bakker Drees, Jr. Udink Westerterp Tuijnman Zeevalking Kroes Maij-Weggen Andriessen Jorritsma Netelenbos De Boer Peijs Eurlings

Demissionary Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2010)

^{Preceded by: Fourth Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: First Rutte cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	André Rouvoet Education, Culture and Science and Youth and Family

Ministers	Ernst Hirsch Ballin Interior and Kingdom Relations and Justice Maxime Verhagen Foreign Affairs and International Development Jan Kees de Jager Finance Maria van der Hoeven Economic Affairs Eimert van Middelkoop Defence and Housing and Integration Ab Klink Health, Welfare and Sport Camiel Eurlings Transport, Public Works and Water Management Gerda Verburg Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Piet Hein Donner Social Affairs and Employment Tineke Huizinga Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

State Secretaries	Ank Bijleveld Interior and Kingdom Relations Jack de Vries Defence Marja van Bijsterveldt Education, Culture and Science

Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2007–2010)

^{Preceded by: Third Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: Demissionary Fourth Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Wouter Bos Finance André Rouvoet Youth and Family

Ministers	Guusje ter Horst Interior and Kingdom Relations Maxime Verhagen Foreign Affairs Ernst Hirsch Ballin Justice Maria van der Hoeven Economic Affairs Eimert van Middelkoop Defence Ab Klink Health, Welfare and Sport Ronald Plasterk Education, Culture and Science Camiel Eurlings Transport, Public Works and Water Management Gerda Verburg Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Piet Hein Donner Social Affairs and Employment Jacqueline Cramer Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Ella Vogelaar Minister of Housing and Integration) (2007–2008 Eberhard van der Laan Minister of Housing and Integration) (from 2008 Bert Koenders International Development

State Secretaries	Ank Bijleveld Interior and Kingdom Relations Frans Timmermans Foreign Affairs Jan Kees de Jager Finance Nebahat Albayrak Justice Frank Heemskerk Economic Affairs Cees van der Knaap Defence) (2007 Jack de Vries Defence) (from 2007 Jet Bussemaker Health, Welfare and Sport Marja van Bijsterveldt Education, Culture and Science Sharon Dijksma Education, Culture and Science Tineke Huizinga Transport, Public Works and Water Management Ahmed Aboutaleb Social Affairs and Employment) (2007–2008 Jetta Klijnsma Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2008

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