Education
University of Groningen.
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January Wiersma
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Higher degree in history (Groningen State University, 1978)
Researcher on Foreign Affairs and Defence for the parliamentary Labour Party group in the Second Chamber (1978–1987)
International Secretary and second Vice-Chairman of the Labour Party (1987–1999)
Vice-Chairman of the PSE Group (1999–2004).
Membership
He is a member of the Labour Party, vice-chair of the Party of European Socialists group, and sits on the European Parliament"s Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was also a member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, a member of the delegation to the European Union–Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee, and a member of the delegation to the European Union–Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. Member of the European Parliament (1994–2009)
Member of the PSE bureau (since 2004)
Member of the Steering Committee of the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
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Political Party
Labour Party