Career
- 1962 - 1965: TV-producer for the VARA
- 1965 - 1975: Researcher in social geography at the University of Amsterdam
- 1974 - 1981: Member of the first chamber of Dutch parliament, for the Labour Party.
- 1975 - 1981: Director of Centrum Beleidsadviserend Onderzoek (Cebeon), a company that offers research-based advice to government and non-profit organisations, with Maurice de Hond
- September 1981 - May 1982: Secretary of State, Ministry of Welfare and Employment
- August 1982 - September 1983: Member of Parliament
- 1984-1989: Member of the European Parliament
- 1989-1994: Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture
- 1994-1999: Member of European Parliament
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