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Neelie Kroes

Neelie Kroes
Personal data
NicknameNickel Neelie
Date of birth19 July 1941(age 73)
Place of birthRotterdam, Netherlands
Birth nameNeelie Kroes
NationalityDutch
Political partyPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy
SpouseWouter Jan Smit (1965 � 1991)
Bram Peper (1991 � 2003)
ResidenceWassenaar, Netherlands
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam (M.A.)
University of Hull (Dr.h.c.)
OccupationPolitician
Civil servant
ReligionReformed Protestant
European Commissioner for Digital Agenda
Assumed office9 February 2010
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byViviane Reding (Information Society and Media)
European Commissioner for Competition
In office22 November 2004 - 9 February 2010
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Succeeded byJoaquín Almunia
Preceded byMario Monti
Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
In office4 November 1982 - 7 November 1989
Prime ministerRuud Lubbers
Succeeded byHanja Maij-Weggen
Preceded byHenk Zeevalking
Member of the House of Representatives
In office27 August 1981 - 4 November 1982
State Secretary for Transport, Public Works and Water Management
In office28 December 1977 - 11 September 1981
Prime ministerDries van Agt
Succeeded byJaap van der Doef
Preceded byMichel van Hulten
Member of the House of Representatives
In office3 August 1971 - 28 December 1977

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Neelie Kroes (born 19 July 1941) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 3 August 1971 until 28 December 1977 when she became State Secretary for Transport, Public Works and Water Management from 28 December 1977 until 11 September 1981, in the Cabinet Van Agt I. And again a Member of the House of Representatives from 27 August 1981 until 4 November 1982, when she became Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management from 4 November 1982 until 7 November 1989, in the Cabinets Lubbers I and II.

After a long period of working on the board of commissioners of several multinational corporations she returned to active politics when she became the European Commissioner for Competition for the Barroso Commission. She continued to serve in the second term in the Barroso Commission as the new European Commissioner for Digital Agenda and became one of several Vice-Presidents of the European Commission.

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Justice minister says media law in line with "European values" - Politics.hu Tweet this news
Politics.hu---...- Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics, who is also the justice minister, said in a letter to European Commission Vice-President -Neelie Kroes- on Thursday. ... - Date : Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:46:38 GMT+00:00
European Commission, US agency sign eHealth agreement - IDG News Service Tweet this news
IDG News Service--Vice President of the European Commission -Neelie Kroes- and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius have signed a memorandum of ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:17:22 GMT+00:00
Cloud computing accountability 'set to increase' - Experian QAS Data Quality News (UK) Tweet this news
Experian QAS Data Quality News (UK)---...- the importance of cloud computing to the future of businesses was outlined by European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda -Neelie Kroes-. ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:02:35 GMT+00:00
EU presses Hungary on media law - Financial Times Tweet this news
Financial Times---Neelie Kroes-, one of the European Commission's vice-presidents, wrote to Hungary's deputy prime minister, Tibor Navracsics, on Thursday asking him to send ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:16:52 GMT+00:00
US and Europe push for patient record interoperability - ZDNet UK (blog) Tweet this news
ZDNet UK (blog)--Digital agenda commissioner -Neelie Kroes- and US secretary of health and human services Kathleen Sebelius signed the document in Washington, calling not only ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:21:10 GMT+00:00
Europe to Examine Cap on Roaming Charges for Mobile Internet - New York Times Tweet this news
New York Times---Neelie Kroes-, the commissioner, said she would inform the bloc's 27 telecommunications ministers at a meeting on Friday that she would look for ways to ... - Date : Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:01:25 GMT+00:00
WikiLeaks will force governments to be more transparent, says commissioner - EUobserver.com Tweet this news
EUobserver.com---...- of US diplomatic cables highlights the need to secure networks and individuals from hackers, EU digital agenda commissioner -Neelie Kroes- has said. ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:57:06 GMT+00:00
Steelie Neelie floats pan-European phone number notion - Register Tweet this news
Register---Neelie Kroes-, VP of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda, said companies currently need separate numbers for each country in which they operate ... - Date : Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:37:22 GMT+00:00
EU Launches Consultation On Mobile Roaming Charges - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--"Huge differences between domestic and roaming charges have no place in a true EU Single Market," -Neelie Kroes-, the EU's commissioner for the digital agenda ... - Date : Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:05:54 GMT+00:00
European Commission - Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission ... - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) Tweet this news
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)--It is a pleasure to be here to discuss with you network and information security - what is commonly called "cyber-security". Nowadays, no one would deny ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:10:22 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Michel van Hulten
State Secretary for Transport, Public Works and Water Management
1977 - 1981
Succeeded by
Jaap van der Doef
Preceded by
Henk Zeevalking
Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
1982 - 1989
Succeeded by
Hanja Maij-Weggen
Preceded by
Frits Bolkestein
Dutch European Commissioner
2004 - present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Mario Monti
European Commissioner for Competition
2004 - 2010
Preceded by
Viviane Reding
as European Commissioner for Information Society and Media
European Commissioner for Digital Agenda
2010 - present
Incumbent

Barroso Commission I (2004 �2009)

Joaquín Almunia * Catherine Ashton6 * José Manuel Barroso1 * Jacques Barrot2 * Joe Borg * Karel De Gucht9 * Stavros Dimas * Benita Ferrero-Waldner * Ján Figeľ10 * Franco Frattini2, 5 * Mariann Fischer Boel * Dalia Grybauskaitė7 * Danuta Hübner8 * Siim Kallas2 * László Kovács * Neelie Kroes * Meglena Kuneva3 * Markos Kyprianou4 * Peter Mandelson6 * Charlie McCreevy * Louis Michel9 * Leonard Orban3 * Andris Piebalgs * Janez Potočnik * Viviane Reding * Olli Rehn * Paweł Samecki8 * Maroš Šefčovič10 * Algirdas Šemeta7 * Vladimír Špidla * Antonio Tajani2, 5 * Androulla Vassiliou4 * Günter Verheugen2 * Margot Wallström2

Barroso Commission II (since 2010)

Joaquín Almunia2 * László Andor * Catherine Ashton2 * Michel Barnier * José Manuel Barroso1 * Dacian Cioloş * John Dalli * Maria Damanaki * Štefan Füle * Máire Geoghegan-Quinn * Kristalina Georgieva * Karel De Gucht * Johannes Hahn * Connie Hedegaard * Siim Kallas2 * Neelie Kroes2 * Janusz Lewandowski * Cecilia Malmström * Günther Oettinger * Andris Piebalgs * Janez Potočnik * Viviane Reding2 * Olli Rehn * Antonio Tajani2 * Androulla Vassiliou * Maroš Šefčovič2 * Algirdas Šemeta



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