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-lsb- http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/index_en.htm official site -rsb- viviane monti henk zeevalking michel van hulten reding -lrb- information society and media -rrb- mario günther ansip -lrb- digital single market -rrb- joaquín almunia hanja maij-weggen oettinger jaap van der doef -lrb- digital economy and society -rrb- andrus protestantism rotterdam , netherlands josé manuel barroso josé manuel barroso people 's party for freedom and democracy european minister of transport , public works and water management state commissioner secretary for transport , public works and water management for digital agenda european commissioner for competition ruud lubbers dries van agt 19 july 1941 9 28 december 1977 february 2010 22 november 2004 4 november 1982 wouter peper -lrb- 1991 -- 2003 -rrb- jan smit -lrb- 1965 -- 1991 -rrb- bram neelie kroes 2010-09-14 . jpg neelie kroes
 1 11 september 1981 november 2014 9 february 2010 7 november 1989 neelie kroes erasmus university
neelie kroes

neelie kroes -lrb- ; born 19 july 1941 -rrb- is a dutch politician of the people 's party for freedom and democracy -lrb- vvd -rrb- .
she served as a member of the house of representatives from 3 august 1971 until 28 december 1977 when she became state secretary for transport , public works and water management from 28 december 1977 until 11 september 1981 , in the cabinet van agt i. and again a member of the house of representatives from 27 august 1981 until 4 november 1982 , when she became minister of transport , public works and water management from 4 november 1982 until 7 november 1989 , in the cabinets lubbers i and ii .
after a long period of working on the board of commissioners of several multinational corporations she returned to active politics when she became the european commissioner for competition for the barroso commission .
she continued to serve in the second term in the barroso commission as the new european commissioner for digital agenda and became one of several vice-presidents of the european commission .
