Frans Timmermans receives Wouter Koolmees, President of Dutch Railways and former Dutch Deputy Vice-Minister and Minister for social affairs and employment; delivers the opening Speech at the High-level event on the EU methane regulation after REPowerEU, organised by Clean Air Task Force and Euractiv., Brussels

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Frans Timmermans receives Wouter Koolmees, President of Dutch Railways and former Dutch Deputy Vice-Minister and Minister for social affairs and employment; delivers the opening Speech at the High-level event on the EU methane regulation after REPowerEU, organised by Clean Air Task Force and Euractiv.

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  Frans Timmermans is Minister of Foreign Affairs since November 5th 2012. Between 2007 and 2010 Timmermans was junior minister of Foreign Affairs, charged with European Cooperation. In 1998 Timmermans became member of the House of Representatives, serving terms until 2007 and again in between 2010 and 2012. Prior to his political career Frans Timmermans served with dr. M. van der Stoel, High Commissioner of national minorities at OSCE and was member of the cabinet of Commissioner Van den Broek at the EC. He also worked at various posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
   
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  Wouter Koolmees (1977) was van 26 oktober 2017 tot 10 januari 2022 minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid in het kabinet-Rutte III. Van 1 november 2019 tot 14 mei 2020 was hij tevens (tweede) viceminister-president. Van 17 juni 2010 tot 26 oktober 2017 was de heer Koolmees Tweede Kamerlid voor D66. Hij was toen financieel woordvoerder en vicefractievoorzitter. Na zijn studie werd de heer Koolmees economisch onderzoeker en daarna ambtenaar op het ministerie van Financiën en laatstelijk hoofd begrotingsbeleid bij het directoraat-generaal van de Rijksbegroting. Sinds 1 november 2022 is het president-directeur van de Nederlandse Spoorwegen.