Ritzen, Jozef

Jozef Ritzen is President of the Universiteit Maastricht. He was previously Vice President of the World Bank's Development Economics Department (2001-2003) and Vice President of the World Bank's Development Economics Department (1999-2001). He was Minister of Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands (1989-1998), and during his term of office enacted a series of major reforms throughout the Dutch education system. He has also made significant contributions to agencies such as UNESCO and OECD, and has held numerous academic appointments with Nijmegen University and Erasmus University in...