2009. On 8 July 2014 he was made member of the Dutch Senate, replacing Arjan Vliegenthart. His term ended on 9 June 2015. As he was nr 13 on the list of candidates and as currently nr 11 of the list for the Dutch Senate, Mr Meijer has a chance of entering the senate again in case two sitting Members resign before June 2019. Education 1972: Higher degree in human geography Career 1961–1969: Member of executive, Socialist Youth and Student Organisations 1968–1991: Has held office at national level in the PSP (Pacifist Socialist Party) (Vice-chairman of the Chairman of elected representatives' section, editor of party magazine) 1971–1975: Geography teacher, senior secondary and pre-university education 1975–1978: Member of Amsterdam City Council 1980–1992: Local government official, Rotterdam City Council 1982–1995: Member of the South Holland Provincial Council 1990–1993: Member of executive, Citizenship Foundation 1992–1995: Member of executive and Vice-Chairman of the GroenLinks 1995–1998: Chairman of the Spangen (Rotterdam) Residents' Association 1995–1999: Chairman of the Stichting Ontwikkelbank Centrum (Foundation for the Promotion of Central Rotterdam) since 1999: Member of Socialist Party executive 1998–2002: Member of the Delfshaven District Council 1999–2009: Member of the European Parliament 2014–2015: Member of the Senate See also 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands References External links Profile at the EP group https://web.archive.org/web/20110516025506/http://www.utrinski.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=DC0C0B5B5108644F935E51404B3E21A7 1944 births Living people Municipal councillors of Amsterdam Members of the Provincial Council of South Holland Politicians from Rotterdam Pacifist Socialist Party politicians GroenLinks politicians Socialist Party (Netherlands) politicians MEPs for the Netherlands 1999–2004 MEPs for the Netherlands 2004–2009 Socialist Party (Netherlands) MEPs Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Members of the Senate (Netherlands)