Curriculum Vitae of Hedy d. Ancona
 
Education: 

HBS-b in Leiden; PhD in Social Geography, University of Amsterdam, 1963
 
Career:

 1962- 1965 Producer, Host, Editor at VARA-NOS Television
 
1965- 1975 Lecturer in Social Geography at the University of Amsterdam
 
1975- 1982 Director of a Center of Policy Research for Government
 
1974- 1981 Member of the Dutch Senate, for the Labour Party (PvdA); Spokesperson for Public Housing, and Town & Country Planning
 
1981-1982  State Secretary of Social Affairs and Employment, responsible for Emancipation issues, Working Conditions and Adult Education
 
1984-1989  Member of the European Parliament
Chair of the Commission on Equal Rights for Women
Chair of the Commission on Social Affairs and Employment
 
1989-1994  Dutch Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Culture
 
1994-1999  Member of the European Parliament; Vice- chair of the European Committee of the Social Democrats; Until 1996 Chair of the Commission of Urgent Resolutions (dealing with Political and other Emergencies, Human rights and indigenous issues); From 1996 Chair of the Commission of Justice and Home Affairs, and thus Spokesperson on issues regarding Refugees, Minority Rights, Human Rights within the EU, and Drugs.
 
1999 Onwards Chair of various cultural institutions; Government advisor on Welfare Policies; Free-lance Journalist
 
Since 1995 Chair of the Board of Novib (the Dutch Oxfam)

Since 1999 Vice-chair of Oxfam International  

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