Evert Brouwers (Zwolle

Zwolle

Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...

, 9 March 1939) is a Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 journalist

Journalist

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, director-general and spokesman.

Life

Brouwers started his career as journalist at the Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant and then as news presenter at Regionale Omroep Noord en Oost, AVRO

Avro

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, NOS Studio Sport, NOS and NOS Journaal.

From 1977-1983 he was editor in chief of the Northern Dutch regional journal Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. Then he was head spokesman of the Philips concern, a position he held for ten years. In 1995 he made a career move to become director-general of the Dutch information service RVD, a position he had until January 1, 2004. Brouwers was succeeded by Gerard van der Wulp. Actual he is member of different boards of supervisory.