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Elisabeth Morin-Chartier
European People's Party EPP, West, France, Union for a Popular Movement
Current posts
- Member: Employment and Social Affairs Committee 2007-;
- Substitute: Culture and Education Committee 2007-;
- Member: West 2009-, United States Delegation 2009-;
- Vice-chair: Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee 2010-;
- Member: Media Intergroup 2010-, Climate Change and Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Intergroup 2010-, Public Services Intergroup 2011-, Mountains, Islands and Sparsely-Populated Regions Intergroup 2011-, Ways of St James Intergroup 2011-, Viticulture, Fruit and Vegetables, Tradition and Food Quality Intergroup 2011-, Sustainable Hunting, Biodiversity and Countryside Activities and Forestry Intergroup 2012-, Trade Union Co-ordination Intergroup 2014-
Political career
MEP for West 2007-
Committees, delegations and assemblies
- Member: Employment and Social Affairs Committee 2007-, Palestinian Legislative Council Delegation 2007;
- Substitute: Culture and Education Committee 2007-, Israel Delegation 2007, Mashreq Delegation 2007-09, Central America Delegation 2007-09;
- Member: United States Delegation 2009-;
- Substitute: People's Republic of China Delegation 2009-;
- Member: Climate Change and Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Intergroup 2009-; Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee: Substitute 2009-10, Member 2010-;
- Co-chair: Trade Union Co-ordination Intergroup 2010-;
- Member: Media Intergroup 2010-, Public Services Intergroup 2010-, Mountains, Islands and Sparsely Populated Regions Intergroup 2010-, Ways of St James Intergroup 2010-, Wine, Tradition and Quality Intergroup 2010-
Party posts
- Union for a Popular Movement (UMP): National secretary 2002-04, Member, policy bureau 2003-
Councils and public bodies
- Poitou-Charentes regional council: Member 1998-, President 2002-04; Municipal councillor, Poitiers 2001-
International bodies
- Alternate member, Committee of the Regions 2004-07
Bogusław Liberadzki
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats S&D, Poland, Democratic Left Alliance–Labour Union
Current posts
- Member: Transport and Tourism Committee 2004-;
- Vice-chair: Budgetary Control Committee 2009-;
- Substitute: Arab Peninsula Delegation 2009-;
- Member: Japan Delegation 2009-, Quaestors 2012-, Water Intergroup 2012-, Urban Intergroup 2012-, Lubusz and West Pomeranian 2014-
Political career
- Observer 2003-04;
- MEP 2004-:
- Head, Democratic Left Alliance delegation 2009-
Committees, delegations and assemblies
- Substitute: Budgets Committee 2005-09;
- Vice-chair: Budgetary Control Committee 2007-;
- Member: Transport and Tourism Committee 2007-, Russia Delegation 2007-09;
- Substitute: United States Delegation 2007-09;
- Member: Japan Delegation 2009-;
- Substitute: Arab Peninsula Delegation 2009-;
- Member: Policy Challenges Committee 2010-, Water Intergroup 2010-
Party posts
- Member, National Council of the Alliance of the Democratic Left (SLD) Szczecin 1998-
National political career
- Deputy Minister for Transport and Maritime Economy 1989-93; Minister for Transport and Maritime Economy 1993-97;
- Member of Parliament (Sejm) 1997-2004: Vice-chair, Infrastructure Committee, Polish-Nordic Group 2001-04, Chair of Transport Permanent Sub-committee, Monitoring the Utilisation of EU Funds Permanent Sub-committee 2001-04, Vice-chair, European Committee 2003-04
Councils and public bodies
- Member Szczecin Voivodship Council 1998-
Catherine Bearder
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ALDE, South East, United Kingdom, Liberal Democrat
Countries of interest
- Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries
Current posts
- Member: South East 2009-;
- Substitute: International Trade Committee 2009-;
- Member: ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 2009-;
- Substitute: United States Delegation 2009-;
- Member: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Intergroup 2010-, Climate Change and Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Intergroup 2010-, Welfare and Conservation of Animals Intergroup 2012-, Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee 2014-
Political career
Committees, delegations and assemblies
- Member: ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Delegation 2009-, Regional Development Committee 2009-;
- Substitute: International Trade Committee 2009-, United States Delegation 2009-;
- Member: Welfare and Conservation of Animals Intergroup 2009-, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Intergroup 2009-, Climate Change and Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Intergroup 2009-
Party posts
- Liberal Democrat Party:
- Chair: Banbury Lib Dems 1998, South Central Lib Dems Conference Committee; Vice-chair, Lib Dems European group; Vice-president, Green Lib Dems; Member, National Liberal Club
National political career
- Contested: European elections South East England 1999, 2004,
- General elections: Banbury 1997, Henley 2001
Councils and public bodies
- Member: Cherwell district council 1995-99, Oxfordshire county council 2003-05
Andrey Kovatchev
European People's Party EPP, Bulgaria, Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
Countries of interest
Current posts
- Member: United States Delegation 2009-, Security and Defence Sub-committee 2009-;
- Substitute: South East Asia and ASEAN Delegation 2009-;
- Member: Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup 2010-;
- Substitute: Regional Development Committee 2011-;
- Vice-chair: Foreign Affairs Committee 2012-
Political career
- MEP 2009-: Bureau member, EPP group 2009-, Head, Bulgarian EPP delegation 2009-
Committees, delegations and assemblies
- Member: Foreign Affairs Committee 2009-, Security and Defence Sub-committee 2009-, United States Delegation 2009-;
- Substitute: South East Asia and ASEAN Delegation 2009-;
- Member: Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup 2010-
Party posts
- Deputy chair, Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria foreign policy and European affairs commission 2008-
Karol Karski
European Conservatives and Reformists Group ECR, Poland, Law and Justice
Political interests
- Regional policy, External relations, Justice and Home Affairs
Current posts
- Member: Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian 2014-, Development Committee 2014-
Political career
- MEP for Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian 2014-
National political career
- Polish Parliament 2005-14: Secretary, Foreign affairs Committee 1993-95,
- Member: Committee for the European Union, Subcommittee on Crime Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, Vice-President of Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Secretary of State for Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2007, Vice-President of Foreign Affairs Committee
Councils and public bodies
- Councillor, Warsaw 1994-98; Vice-president, Warsaw Regional Assembly 1994-98; Municipal Councillor, Warsaw Central and Zoliborz districts 1994-2002; Adviser, cabinet of Mayor of Warsaw 2002;
- Warsaw Council: Deputy Chair 2002-05, Chair 2005
International bodies
- Committee of the Regions of the European Union 2004-05: Vice President,
- Member: Economic and Social Policy Commission, External Relations Commission; Vice-President, Sustainable Development Forum of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions
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