Bouke Beumer

Bouke Beumer (November 21, 1934 in Valkenswaard, Netherlands – April 10, 2022 in Bloemendaal, Netherlands) was a Dutch economist, politician and local government official, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, MP for Tweede Kamer, member of the European Parliament for the first, second and third terms.

At the same time, from 1968 to 1971, he temporarily performed the duties of mayor of the municipality of Scheemda.

From January 1975 to July 1979 he sat on the Twedee Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch States General.

[4] During this time, he served as vice chairman of the special committee on the Groningen peat colony redevelopment project and vice chairman of the economic affairs committee.

Over his fifteen-year tenure in the EP, Bouke Beumer was a member of the bureau of the European People's Party (1979–1994), a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (1979–1982 and 1984–1987), chair of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information, and Sport (1982–1984), as well as chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy (1987–1994).