Albert January Maat is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament.
Career
He is also a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control, the Committee on Budgets, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, and the delegation to the European Union–Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee. He is vice-chair of the delegation to the European Union–Kazakhstan, European Union–Kyrgyzstan and European Union–Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia. Various jobs, CBTB (Christian Farmers" and Horticulturists" Association) (1977–1995)
Secretary, NLTO (Northern Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Organisation) (1995–1999)
Member and Capital Development Authority group chairman, Eelde Municipal Council (1990–1997).
Membership
He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, which is part of the European People"s Party, and sits on the European Parliament"s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and its Committee on Fisheries. Chairman, Drenthe Capital Development Authority and member of Capital Development Authority executive (1996–1999)
Member of executive board of ICCO (Ecumenical Coordination Committee on Development Projects) (1995–1999)
Member of governing body of Christian Agricultural College, Dronten (1995–2001)
Mr Maat is currently Chairman of the supervisory committee of the Northern Education Group, AOC Terra and Dollard College, and a board member of the Alfa Omega Foundation
Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).