Eric Smaling


Eric Marc Alexander Smaling is a Dutch politician and agronomist. As a member of the Socialist Party. From 2007 to 2013, he was a Senator; he was replaced by Arda Gerkens.
Smaling studied agronomy at Wageningen University and Research Centre and specialised in soil science and manure. He was also a professor at this university. Since 2004, he has been a professor at ITC Enschede.
He is partner of children's writer Rindert Kromhout and resides in Weesp.