Max van den Berg is the Queen's Commissioner in Groningen
Max van den Berg (born March 22, 1946) is a Dutch politician and member of the Dutch Labour Party. From 1979 to 1986 he was the chairperson of that party and from 1999 to 2007 he was a Member of the European Parliament. Since 2007 he has been the Queen's Commissioner in Groningen.
From 1970 to 1978 Max van den Berg was an alderman in Groningen, the last six years he was also the deputy mayor of Groningen. From 1979 1986 he was the chairperson of the Labour Party. From 1986 to 1999 he was the secretary-general of the non-governmental organisation Novib.
From 1999 to September 2007 he was a Member of the European Parliament. He was the leader of the PvdA delegation in the European Parliament, and from 1999 to 2004 he was also vice-chairman of the Committee on Development and Cooperation. 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 ACP-EU 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
Queen's Commissioner
