Famous People with Name Melker

Nigel Melker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Nigel Melker: is a Dutch racing driver.After sitting out the 2007 season, Melker moved up to single-seaters in 2008. He participated in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Van Amersfoort Racing. He finished in twelfth place in the standings with eleven point-scoring positions that gave him 120 points.[1] He also took part in ten races of the Italian Formula Renault Championship. He finished eighteenth with 37 points.

Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Ad" Melkert            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Ad" Melkert: is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He served as chair of the parliamentary party and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment for the social-democratic PvdA. He led the PvdA to a historic low in the contentious 2002 general elections, which were won by the CDA and the Pim Fortuyn List party. He currently serves as Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. During this time he became active within the leftwing Christian PPR, he served as a member of the board of the Political Youth Contact, the youth organization of the PPR between 1978 and 1980. In the same period he was also a member of the general board of the Dutch Branch of the European Movement, the chairperson of the Council of European National Youth Committees and the chairperson of the Dutch Platform for International Youth Work. In 1979 he was also elected into the party board of the PPR, he was third candidate on the PPR's list for the 1979 European Parliament Elections. He graduated in 1981. For his masters' thesis he received the prize of the Dutch Society for International Relations, for best thesis of 1981. His thesis concerned the foreign policy of the Den Uyl Cabinet. In 1986 Melkert was elected into the House of Representatives. In the first years he was the party's spokesperson on foreign affairs, development cooperation and environmental affairs.