Jan Mulder (; born 3 October 1943 in Diever) is a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 until 2004 and from 2010 until 2014. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), a member party of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Political career Mulder served as vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets and its Committee on Budgetary Control. In 2007 he was elected one of the six quaestors of the European Parliament. He was a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Fisheries. During the 2009 European Parliament elections, he was not re-elected but in May 2010 he replaced Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert who was elected in the Dutch parliament. Mulder is in favour of the European cause and supported the Spinelli Group manifesto. Other activities European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Chairman of the Supervisory Committee Education 1970: Agricultural engineer Career timeline 1970–1975: Assistant FAO expert and subsequently FAO expert in Kenya 1975–1976: Official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague 1976–1994: Official of the European Commission, Brussels 1977–1988: Chairman of the VVD Brussels section 1994–2009, 2010–2014: Member of the European Parliament See also 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands References External links 1943 births Living people People from Westerveld Dutch agronomists Food and Agriculture Organization officials Wageningen University and Research alumni People's Party for Freedom and Democracy MEPs MEPs for the Netherlands 1994–1999 MEPs for the Netherlands 1999–2004 MEPs for the Netherlands 2004–2009 MEPs for the Netherlands 2009–2014 Dutch officials of the United Nations