Cora van Nieuwenhuizen

Who is Cora van Nieuwenhuizen?

Cornelia van Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga is a Dutch politician. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy she was an MP from 17 June 2010 until 1 July 2014. She mainly focused on matters of aviation, water transport and energy policy. She was elected as an MEP in the European Parliament election of 2014. In the House of Representatives she was succeeded by Jeroen van Wijngaarden.

She was a member of the municipal council of Oisterwijk from 1994 to 2006 as well as VVD fraction leader from 2002 to 2003. She was also a member and VVD fraction leader of the States-Provincial of North Brabant from 2003 to 2007 and a member of the States Deputed of North Brabant from 2007 to 2010.

Van Nieuwenhuizen studied social geography at Utrecht University, and studied also at Nyenrode Business University in Breukelen and at TIAS School for Business and Society in Tilburg.