Michiel van Hulten

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Full Name	Michiel van Hulten
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 18, 1969(1969-02-18)
Age	55
Birthplace	Lelystad
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Aquarius

Michiel van Hulten Biography

Michiel van Hulten is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 18, 1969 in Lelystad, Netherlands. Michiel Frans van Hulten, born 18 February 1969, is a former Dutch politician. He was a Member in the European Parliament (1999-2004), and was the chairman of the Labour Party (Dutch Partij van de Arbeid or PvdA) between December 2005 and April 2007.

In 2004, he decided to not run for re-election and joined the Board of Policy Network in London, an international think-tank that promotes progressive ideas. He was the Executive Vice-Chair for Policy Network from 2004 to 2005. In 2005, Ruud Koole, chairman of PvdA announced his retirement. Van Hulten ran to be the Labour Party chairman and won with more than 60% of the vote.

Van Hulten was campaign chairman for the Labour Party in the successful local elections in 2006 as well as in the parliamentary elections of 2006, when the Labour Party unexpectedly lost 9 seats. In the months following the elections he was sometimes criticised for his idiosyncratic style. After Van Hulten presented a set of reform proposals to the party executive in April 2007 three board members informed him via a letter that they disagreed with his views. Van Hulten saw this as a breach of trust and resigned with immediate effect on 25 April 2007. The same evening the rest of the board also resigned and an interim board was appointed under the leadership of Van Hultens predecessor Ruud Koole.

From 2014 to 2017 Van Hulten was a Visiting Senior Fellow at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Van Hulten, a Labour Party candidate for the European Parliament elections in 1999, was a winner. Van Hulten was a member the Committee on Budgetary Control. This committee is responsible for reducing EU budgetary frauds and irregularities. He founded the Campaign for Parliament Reform with other MEPs from other countries. This group fought for a halt to the monthly ‘travelling circus’ of Parliament between Brussels, Strasbourg, and for greater accountability for reimbursements of parliamentary expenditures. European Voice named Van Hulten one of the Europeans to Watch in 2002.

Michiel van Hulten Net Worth

Michiel van Hulten is one of the richest Politician from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michiel van Hulten 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Michiel van Hulten, a former Member of Parliament and Senator, is the son Els van Hulten Delfgaauw, a former local alderwoman. His youth was spent largely abroad. He lived in the Netherlands, Mali, Burkina Faso and the United States. Van Hulten was awarded the International Baccalaureate from Atlantic College, part of the United World Colleges network of schools in Wales. He has a BSc (Econ) and a MSc (Public Administration and Public Policy) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in European Political and Administrative Studies (1993), both from the College of Europe, Bruges. He was a member the the Dutch Labour Party as well as the Young Socialists during his university years.

Van Hulten started his career as a policy officer in the Dutch Trades Union Confederation in Amsterdam in 1993. After that, he was successively a private secretary (political adviser) to Jo Ritzen, Education and Science Minister. He also served as Administrator in the Secretariat of EU Council of Ministers. There he focused first on EU enlargement and then on internal market issues. Van Hulten participated in the 1997 election campaign for Tony Blair. In 1998, he was a speechwriter for Wim Kok, the leader of the Labour Party, in the Dutch parliamentary elections.

From 2007 to 2012 van Hulten was a founding Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Since 2007, Van Hulten has worked in Brussels, first for public affairs firm Burson-Marsteller as managing director for government relations. Since 2010 he has been an independent consultant in the field of European Union democracy, transparency and accountability. In 2011 he founded his own consulting firm Place Lux, which focuses on non-profit work. From 2011 to 2013 he was course leader of the FutureLab Europe programme at the European Policy Centre. From 2011 to 2013 he was a guest lecturer on the European Parliament for the European journalism Master’s programme at the Institut des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales in Brussels. From 2011 to 2014 he was managing director of VoteWatch Europe, an organisation that tracks the voting records of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.

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Michiel Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Michiel van Hulten celebrates birthday on February 18 of every year.

Top Facts about Michiel van Hulten

1. Michiel van Hulten is a former Dutch politician.
2. He was born on April 6, 1969 in Oosterhout, Netherlands.
3. Van Hulten served as a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.
4. He was also the leader of the Dutch Labour Party’s youth wing.
5. In 2010, he co-founded consultancy firm Public Matters.
6. Van Hulten has been involved in various political and advocacy campaigns.
7. He holds a degree in political science from Leiden University.
8. Van Hulten is known for his expertise in EU affairs and lobbying regulation.
9. He has written articles for several publications including The Guardian and Politico Europe.
10. Currently, he serves as an advisor to various organizations on public affairs and communications strategies.