Background
Margrietus Johannes van den Berg was born on 22 March 1946 in Ammerstol in the Netherlands.
Margrietus Johannes van den Berg was born on 22 March 1946 in Ammerstol in the Netherlands.
Since 2007, he has been the King"s Commissioner in Groningen, until 2013 as Queen"s Commissioner. His high school was the Carmelieten Paters in Oldenzaal. In 1969 he received his degree in sociology in Groningen, where he specialized in urban planning and political science.
From 1969 to 1970 he was an academic staff member and lecturer at the sociology faculty of the University of Groningen.
From 1 September 1970 to 5 September 1978, Max van den Berg was an alderman in Groningen. The last six years of which he was also the deputy mayor of Groningen.
From 26 April 1979 to 25 April 1986, he was the chairman of the Labour Party. From 1986 to 1999 he was the secretary-general of the non-governmental organisation Novib.
He was the leader of the Labour Party delegation in the European Parliament, and from 1999 to 2004 he was also vice-chairman of the Committee on Development and Cooperation.
Chairman of the management board, Theater Zeebelt, The Hague.
From 1979 to 1986 he was the chairman of that party and from 1999 to 2007 he was a Member of the European Parliament. From 20 July 1999 to 1 September 2007, he was a Member of the European Parliament. He is also a substitute for the Committee on International Trade and the Subcommittee on Human Rights, vice-chair of the delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community, a substitute for the delegation to the American College of Physicians-European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and a member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013.
Max van den Berg is or was a member of several organisations:
Member of Eurostep (1990–1999)
Member of Oxfam International (1995–1999)
Member of the board of governors of the African Studies Centre, Leiden
Member of the management board of the January Vrijman Foundation
Member of the management board of Wereldomroep (Radio Netherlands International), Zeist
Member of the management board of the Design Academy, Eindhoven.