Maarten Boudewijn Engwirda (born 2 June 1943) is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party.[1][2][3][4]

Maarten Engwirda
Maarten Engwirda in 1982
Member of the European
Court of Auditors
In office
1 January 1996 – 1 January 2011
Member of the Court of Audit
In office
1 October 1990 – 1 January 1996
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
10 November 1982 – 3 June 1986
Preceded byLaurens Jan Brinkhorst
Succeeded byHans van Mierlo
Parliamentary groupDemocrats 66
Leader of the Democrats 66
In office
10 November 1982 – 25 January 1986
Preceded byLaurens Jan Brinkhorst
Succeeded byHans van Mierlo
Member of the European Parliament
In office
22 September 1971 – 12 March 1973
Parliamentary groupLiberals and Allies Group
ConstituencyNetherlands
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 June 1977 – 14 September 1989
In office
11 May 1971 – 7 December 1972
Parliamentary groupDemocrats 66
Personal details
Born
Maarten Boudewijn Engwirda

(1943-06-02) 2 June 1943 (age 80)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Political partyDemocrats 66 (from 1966)
Residence(s)Leiden, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts)
OccupationPolitician · civil servant · economist

Decorations edit

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
  Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 30 April 1988
  Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 8 December 2010

References edit

  1. ^ "Cookies op AD.nl | AD.nl". Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Drs. M.B. (Maarten) Engwirda". parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. ^ Waterfield, Bruno (11 January 2011). "EU financial watchdog 'systemically sabotaged fraud investigations'". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Niet eerder zo veel jonge fractievoorzitters in de Kamer". nos.nl (in Dutch). 9 October 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Democrats 66
1982–1986
Succeeded by
Parliamentary leader of the
Democrats 66 in the
House of Representatives

1982–1986