Ria Oomen-Ruijten

Ria Oomen-Ruijten (born 6 September 1950 in Echt, Limburg) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, a member of the bureau of the EPP-ED group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, a member of the delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China, a substitute for the delegation for relations with the United States, and a member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013.

Career

• Higher vocational diploma as PR information/communications assistant
• National Chairwoman, CDA Youth Federation and member of CDA federation administrative committee (1976)
• Member of EPP Council and Member of EPP Bureau (1989–1999)
• Member of the Second Chamber and member of CDA parliamentary party executive (1981–1989)
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1989)
• Member of the Bureau of the EPP Group (1989–1999)
• Chairwoman of various social welfare and non-governmental organisations
• Chairwoman of Stichting Geschillencommissies (Disputes Settlement Committees Foundation (since 1984)
• Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1994)

External links

• European Parliament biography
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Dutch)