Michel van Hulten

Michael Henricus Maria (Michel) van Hulten (born March 9, 1930, in Batavia) is a retired Dutch politician.

He earned his PhD (Amsterdam University, 1962) with a thesis on Collectivization of Agriculture in the Polish People’s Republic, 1944-1960.

In this role in 1974, he introduced legislation implementing use of the tachograph to better control truck driving and mandatory driver rest periods.

[2] From 1978 to 1996 he was employed by NGOs, the United Nations and the Dutch Government working in Mali, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Malaysia, New York and Washington/The Hague.

[5][3] He worked for the World Bank (Global Coalition for Africa (1991-1996)[3] and with NGOs with an anti-corruption focus, among others in Slovenia 2000–2002.