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Addressed as Professor mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven
Nickname: Pieter
Surname Van Vollenhoven.
Date of birth
30 April 1939
Place of birth
Schiedam
Residence
Apeldoorn (Het Loo House, near Het Loo Palace)
Parents
Pieter van Vollenhoven (1897-1977) and JG van Vollenhoven-Stuyling de Lange (1906-1983).
Siblings
Willem-Jan (deceased in 2006)
Married to Princess Margriet
Wedding took place at 10 January 1967
Children
Prince Maurits, Prince Bernhard, Prince Pieter Christiaan and Prince Floris
Hobbies
Photograph, playing piano, golf , diving and interested in nature and culture of the north
Occupation
Practice Professor of Risk Management, University of Twente
Chairman National Green Fund
Chair of the Community and Safety AssociationPresident Victim Support Fund
Chairman Advisory Board European Movement Netherlands (EBN)
Co-founder and member European Transport Safety Council
Co-founder and chairman emeritus International Transportation Safety Association
Member Group of Experts on Accident Investigation, a European Commission advisory group
Honorary appointments
Patron of the National Disability Sports Fund
Patron of Vogelbescherming Nederland, a bird protection society
Patron of the Dutch Society for Safety Science
Patron of the Netherlands Association of Whiplash Victims
Patron of the Federation of SOS Telephone Help Lines in the Netherlands
Patron of the Stichting Studentensport Nederland (SSN)
Patron of the Netherlands Student Chamber Orchestra (NESKO)
Patron of the Society of Friends of the Band of the Royal Netherlands Air Force
Patron of the Royal Netherlands Police Dog Association
Patron of the Dutch section of the European Journalists Association
Patron of the Netherlands-American Amity Trust (Washington)
Patron of the Netherland-America Foundation (New York)
Patron of the Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk, Rotterdam
Patron of the Menno van Coehoorn Foundation, which works to preserve military fortifications
Chair of the Advisory Committee of the National Disability Sports Fund
Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Pianola Museum
Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Heritage Open Day Foundation
Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Hollandse Haringpartij Association
Honorary chair of the National Organisation of Police Volunteers
Honorary chair of the Advisory Committee of the foundation for the preservation of the Sint Jan Cathedral in Den Bosch
Honorary President of the Brabant International Indoor Horse Show
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Sweelinck Student Orchestra of the University of Amsterdam
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Sempre Crescendo Student Music Society
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Leiden Students Collegium Musicum Choir and Orchestra
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Amsterdam Chamber Music Society
Member of the Advisory Committee of the International Association for Handicapped Divers
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Leiden Minerva Students' Association
Member of the Advisory Committee for the 2006 Twente University Freshers' Week
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Stichting Bedrijvendagen Universiteit Twente, which forges links between the academic and business worlds
Advisor to the 1945 Surrender Commemoration Committee
The Professor is reserve colonel in the Air Force Reserve and Aide-de-Camp Extraordinary to his majesty the King
