US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE1363

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 THE HAGUE 001363 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E - STEVE TAYLOR; INFO 
EUR/PPD - BRIAN GUSS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, NL 
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate 
Mr. Henk Jan Ormel 
 
 
1. Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Henk Jan Ormel as a 
principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding 
international travel benefits. 
 
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POST-EMAIL: dankelmanE@state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS The Hague 
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PROJ-NAME: Ormel, Henk Jan 
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PROJ-TYPE: Individual 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
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RANK-ORDER: 5 
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PROJ-TYPE-ID: IND 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 4276 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Henk 
M-NAME: Jan 
L-NAME: Ormel 
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POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Second Chamber of the States-General 
M-ADDR2: P.O. Box 20018 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: 2500 EA The Hague 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Netherlands 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: 31-70-318-2571 
M-FAX: 31-70-318-2602 
M-EMAIL: h.ormel@tweedekamer.nl 
M-CNTRY-ID: NL 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 12/15/1955 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Utrecht 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands 
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Member of Parliament for the Christian Democratic Party in 
the House of Representatives 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Practicing veterinarian 
Main duties as MP include: 
Main future spokesmen on peacekeeping and the Islamic world; 
co-principal foreign affairs spokesman; spokesman on 
veterinary and food safety issues, medical ethical 
questions, biotechnology, animal well being, etc. 
 
 
 
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START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
veterinarian 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
Twice: In 2003 three weeks as Member on Dutch delegation to 
UNGA; 
On his honeymoon. 
 
 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Recently, as member of Parliamentary Foreign Affairs 
Committee to Iran and Afghanistan 
Europe 
 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
MA in veterinarian science 
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FIRST-LANG: Dutch 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Mary Daly 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Ormel has only been a member of parliament since May 2002 
and has been a back-up spokesman on foreign policy. 
However, he will take over in the summer of 2004 from Camiel 
Eurlings as one of two principal spokesmen on foreign policy 
for the largest party in parliament.  He has been assigned 
in particular with the portfolios of peacekeeping and the 
Islamic world, two keys areas of interest to the U.S. 
Ormel has had very little experience in the area of foreign 
policy and a visit to the U.S. would deepen his knowledge of 
issues covered in his new portfolio.  It is important that 
he be given the opportunity of familiarizing himself with 
U.S. thinking on foreign policy. 
 
 
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NOM-OFF: POL 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
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NOMINEE-ID: 325 
PERSON-ID: 270 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: NL 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: NL 
RES-CNTRY-ID: NL 
FIRST-LANG-ID: DU 
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NOM-POST-ID: 4276 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
NOM-STATUS: N 
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