Background
JANSSEN VAN RAAY, James Leonard was born on June 1, 1932 in Muntok, Indonesia. Parents: Johan Floris Janssen van Raay and Coby Janssen van Raay (née Wuppermann).
Member of the European Parliament
JANSSEN VAN RAAY, James Leonard was born on June 1, 1932 in Muntok, Indonesia. Parents: Johan Floris Janssen van Raay and Coby Janssen van Raay (née Wuppermann).
Primary school. The Hague, 1938-1940, and Bandung, 1940-1942. Japanese concentration Camp, 1942-1945. Grammar school beta, 194650.
Leyden University, Law, Masters degree, 1950-1954. Rotterdam University, introductory economics, 1953. Spoken languages: Dutch.
English, French, German, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesian.
Secretary CHU (now part of Christen Democratisch Appel (Christian Democratic Appeal)) 1971. Vice-Chairman, Christen Democratisch Appel (Christian Democratic Appeal), 1975-1980. Member City Council, Rotterdam, 1977-1979.
Member of the European Parliament and Christian Democratic Union Spokesman on Legal Affairs and Transport, 1979-1984. Re-elected Member of the European Parliament November 1986 and June 1989 European People's Party. Chairman Christen Democratisch Appel (Christian Democratic Appeal) Working group on Europe.
1984-1986; Chairman Christen Democratisch Appel (Christian Democratic Appeal), Rotterdam, 1984-1986. Member Interparliamentary Delegation ASEAN, 1979-1984 and 1989-1994. Chairman, Metallicus-Pension Fund, 1967-1987.
Chairman, Vertom Shipping Company, 1970. Chairman and Co-founder, International Federation Professor Football players, 1978. Member Supervisory Board, Nestlé Nederland, 1985.
Member Supervisory Board, OHRA - Insurance, 1987.
Lutheran
Clubs: Royal Yacht Club ‘De Maas’, Rotterdam. Royal Shooting Club, Rotterdam. Cavalry and Guards Club, London.
Spouse Dieuwke Robertson. Children: Anna Beata, Anna Catherina, Johan Floris.