Background
WIJSENBEEK, Floras A. was born on June 16, 1944.
Member of the European Parliament
WIJSENBEEK, Floras A. was born on June 16, 1944.
Leiden University, Fulbright Scholar, Political Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill and Harvard University, United States.A. Spoken languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian.
Member, European Commission legal service, 1971-1972. Head of President Office European Parliament. 1973-1975; legal adviser to European Parliament LDR (Liberal Democratic and Reformist) Group, 1982-1984.
Member of the European Parliament, since 1984. Member, Legal Affairs and Citizens’ Rights Committee, 1984-1989. Vice Chairman, then President of the Committee.
Rules of Procedure, Verification of Credentials and Immunities Committee, since 1989. Member, Transport and Tourism Committee, since 1989. Member, ASEAN delegation, in the delegation to Switzerland.
Chairman, of the Program Committee of the ELD for the European Elections of 1994.
Spouse Thera Wijsenbeek (née Olthuis). Children: one son, two d.