Peter Hustinx

Mr. Hustinx (1945) has been European Data Protection Supervisor since January 2004 and was re-appointed by the European Parliament and the Council in January 2009 for a second five-year term.

He was closely involved in the development of data protection legislation from the start, both at national and at international level.

Before entering his office, Mr. Hustinx was President of the Dutch Data Protection Authority since 1991. From 1996 to 2000 he was Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party.

He obtained law degrees in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and in Ann Arbor, USA. Since 1986 he has been deputy judge at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.