Curriculum Vitae Drs. J.D.Gabor
Name: Jenő Dzsingisz Gabor
Date of Birth: March 14, 1940
Place of Birth: Györ (Hungary)
Marital status: since 1968 married to Carla J.C. Koomen
Children: 2 daughters (1972, and 1975)
Nationality: Dutch, since 2006 also Hungarian
Status: retired in 2005
Left Hungary for the Netherlands after the Hungarian Revolution in November 1956
Education
1959 – graduated from Secondary School at the “Canisius College” Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
1966 – MA Economics at the Catholic University Tilburg, specialization International Law and International Relations
Profession
1966 – 1972
* Ministry of Economic Affairs: European Integration Department, responsible for the European
Coal and Steel Community, and for the European Subsidies for the reconstruction of the Dutch coalmine areas; also in charge of the association treaties with Greece and Turkey
* Head of the Shipbuilding Division
* Secretary of the National Commission for the Reconstruction of the Dutch Shipbuilding Industry
1972 – 1983
* Municipality of the Hague, consecutively Head of the Major’s Cabinet and Head of the Economics Department
* Co-ordinator for the Reconstruction of Scheveningen
* Member of the Board to supervise four companies owned by the Hague
1983 – 1990
* Mayor of the municipality of Haaksbergen with the portfolio’s of finance, regional planning, economics, public safety and human resources
* Chairman of the regional land consolidation commission of Haaksbergen and surroundings (10.000 ha, and 600 farmers)
* Member of the National Council for the Municipal Finances
1990 – 1994
* Government Member: State Secretary for Agriculture and Nature Management, particularly responsible for forestry, land consolidation, nature management, veterinary service, phytosanitary service, plant protection and animal welfare (in this period a fundamental change in the organization of the ministry took place from a separate divisional structure to multi disciplinary integral management)
1994 – 1998
* Member of Parliament
* Member of the following commissions:
Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Interior Affairs, and vice-chair of the Planning and Environment Commission
* Head of the Netherlands Parliamentary Delegation to the OESC (Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe)
May 1998
* Chairman of the international monitoring commission during the Hungarian elections (OESC)
August 1998 – April 2005
* Agricultural Counsellor at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Budapest, responsible for Hungary, Austria,
Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, and Macedonia.
* Involved in many bi-lateral projects, PHARE and SAPARD programmes, institution building for the new member states of the European Union
Activities
1974 – 1978. Member of the City Council of Woerden
Member of the Steering Committee of the Regional Council of central Holland
1978 – 1983 Member of the Provincial Council of Zuid Holland; leader of the Christian Democratic Faction
1986 – 1990 Leader of the Christian Democratic Faction in the Regional Council Twente
April 2006 author of “Európába Féluton”, diary of a diplomat 1998-2005
January 2006 – June 2008 Chairman of the International Committee on the Management of the Oostvaardersplassen
May 2008 – present Chairman of VON (Refugee organisations in the Netherlands)
Sept – nov 2008 Chairman of Taskforce Reinforcement Pleasure Boating Netherlands. Advising committee of the Dutch Ministery of Agriculture, Nature and Foodsafety (LNV). which resulted in the report:”Verkenning van de technische en bestuurlijke haalbaarheid van een bijdrage voor de recreatievaart”.
2009 – 2012 present General Commisionair of the world exhibition Floriade 2012 in Venlo
2010 Chairman of the “Evaluation commission beheer grote grazers in de Oostvaardersplassen”. Advising committe of the Dutch Ministery of Agriculture, Nature and Foodsafety (LNV).
Decorations
1980 Accession Medal 1980, The Netherlands
1982 Commander in the Order of the United Republic of Cameroon
1990 Honorary citizen of Haaksbergen
1994 Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau, The Netherlands
1998 Knight in the Order of the Lion of The Netherlands
1992 Commander’s Cross in the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
1994 Award of Pro Natura, Hungary
2003 Cross of “Freedom and Loyalty” from the Association of the Hungarian Freedomfighters
2004 Award of the Agricultural Minister of Hungary
2005 Award of the Parliament of Vojvodina, Serbia
2006 “Hero of Freedom”, commemoration medal 1956, of the Hungarian Republic
2012 Commemoration medal of the Hungarian Pax Romana
2014 “Barankovics” Commemoration medal of the Hungarian Christian Democratic Party
2017 Commandor’s Cross with the Star of the Hungarian Order of Merit
Languages
Fluent in Dutch, Hungarian, English and German
Reasonable knowledge of French and written Russian
