Vice-Chair

• Special Committee on Beating Cancer

Member

Substitute

Vice-Chair

• Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula

Member

Substitute

Vice-chair

•  Delegation for relations with India

Member

• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
• Special Committee on Beating Cancer

Substitute

•  Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Delegation for relations with Canada

Chair

• DPAP Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament

Member

• Conference of Delegation Chairs
• Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Substitute

• Committee on Development
• Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Member

• Committee on Development
• Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation
• Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean

Substitute

• Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Subcommittee on Security and Defence
• Delegation for relations with Palestine

Chair

• Special Committee on Beating Cancer

Member

• Conference of Committee Chairs
• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America
• Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute

• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia

Member

• Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute

• Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Subcommittee on Security and Defence
•  Delegation for relations with Belarus
• Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport
• Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Member

• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

Substitute

• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee

Member

• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

Substitute

• Special Committee on Beating Cancer
• Committee on Regional Development
• Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
• Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean

Chair

• Committee on Petitions

Member

• Conference of Committee Chairs
• Special Committee on Beating Cancer
• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China

Substitute

• Delegation for relations with the United States

Vice Chair

• Delegation for relations with India

Member

• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Special Committee on Beating Cancer

Substitute

• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Member

• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
• Delegation for relations with Palestine
• Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean

Substitute

• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1986 : Master’s degree in business studies, Helsinki School of Economics
• 1978 : Secondary school graduate, Hämeenlinna Coeducational High School

Professional career

• 1982 : Negotiation theory instructor, Helsinki School of Economics and University of Eastern Finland
• 1982 : A-lehdet (media company), agents’ department, summer job
• 1980-1981 : Kultakeskus Oy (jewellery manufacturer), summer job, marketing analysis and planning, customer surveys (goldsmiths and watchmakers), later specific project assignments
• 1979-1980 : Marketing research studies for Ajanmies Oy (1979), Teinitalo Oy (1980), and Suomen Hippos ry (1981)
• 1979 : Postitie Ky, summer job, international correspondence and assistance duties

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 1989-1995 : Coalition Party Environmental Policy Committee, Coalition Party Chair, Vice-Chair
• 1989-1995 : Coalition Party Programme Committee, Chair
• 1989-1991 : Coalition Party Education Policy Advisory Committee, member
• 1989-1991 : Coalition Party Cultural Policy Committee, member
• 1986-1987 : Conservatives for Peace, Chair
• 1986-1991 : Coalition Party Foreign Policy Task Force, member
• 1986-1991 : Coalition Party Advisory Committee on Regional and Local Government, member
• 1978-1980 : Etelä-Häme Coalition Party District Delegation, member
• 1977-1985 : Etelä-Häme Coalition Party Cultural Policy Committee, member
• 1976-1977 : Etelä-Häme Young Coalition Party, Secretary for School Affairs, member of the District Board and the Executive Committee (1977-79)
• 1979-1982 : Conservatives in business studies, member of the Executive Board (management consultancy (Creative Only Oy))

Offices held in local government bodies

• 1981-1992 : Hämeenlinna Town Council, councillor, Vice-Chair of the council group (1985-1992)

Offices held in a regional assembly

• 1988 : Member of the Presidential Electoral College

Offices held in regional government bodies

• 1982-1989 : Häme Provincial Federation, member of the Executive
• 1984-1986 : Häme Province Regional Policy Advisory Committee, member
• 1984-1989 : Häme Province Regional Policy Advisory Committee, member

Offices held in a national parliament

• 1983-2003 : Member of the Finnish Parliament (serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Environment Committee, the Committee on the Future, the Second Committee on Laws, the Committee on Legal and Economic Affairs, and the Grand Committee)

Offices held in a national government

• 1991-1995 : Minister of the Environment (member of the EU Ministerial Committee)

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 2009-2012 : Member of the European Parliament, member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, and the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect, member of the Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China, substitute member of the European Parliament delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Offices held in other European organisations

• 2010 : Alzheimer Europe, member of the Board
• 2009 : GlobeEU, President
• 1998-2002 : European Centre for Conflict Prevention, member of the Board
• 1989-1993 : EDU (European Democratic Union), Ecosocial Market Economy Commission, Chair
• 1987-1991 : Member of the Nordic Council

Offices held in other international organisations

• 2006-2012 : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), member of the Board of Advisers
• 2000-2004 : World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA), Chair

Member

• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute

• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• DACP Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Member

• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Committee on Transport and Tourism
• Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute

• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 2003-2003 : University, Other (university level): Bachelor’s degree, Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration – Public Administration
• 2009-2009 : University, Other (university level): Engineer’s degree, University of Finance and Administration – Public Administration
• 2013-2013 : University, Law: Bachelor’s degree, Masaryk University, Faculty of Law

Professional career

• 2002-2014 : Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Public service, government)

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 2005-2014 : Member of the KSČM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia)
• 2010-2010 : Member of the Central Committee of the KSČM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia)

Offices held in local government bodies

• 2010-2014 : Member of Nový Jičín Town Council

Offices held in a national parliament

• 2004-2014 : Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
• 2010-2014 : Vice-Chair of the Environment Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
• 2013-2014 : Head of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic’s Delegation to the Inter‑Parliamentary Union

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 2003-2004 : European Parliament – Observer for the Czech Republic
• 2013-2014 : Head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Delegation to the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Offices held in other European organisations

• 2004-2014 : Member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

Member

• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Substitute

•  Committee on International Trade
• Committee on Constitutional Affairs
• Delegation for relations with South Africa

Vice-Chair

• Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America

Member

•  Committee on Transport and Tourism
• Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute

• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Delegation for relations with India
• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Special Committee on Beating Cancer

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1998 : First State law examination
• 2001 : Second State law examination

Professional career

• 1998-1999 : Researcher, European Parliament (Strasbourg) (EU Institution)
• 2001-2005 : Parliamentary assistant in the European Parliament (Brussels) (EU Institution)
• 2005-2014 : Head of the Brussels Liaison Office, Working Group of German Airports (ADV)

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 1995- … : Member of the CDU, member of the Osnabrück-Emsland CDU District Executive

Chair

• Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Member

• Conference of Delegation Chairs
• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Substitute

• Committee on Development
• Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries

Curriculum Vitae

Professional career

• 1994- … : University professor in the department of management at the University of Évora (Public service /Government (other areas))
• 1995-2002 : Member of Parliament (Public service /Government (other areas))
• 2002-2004 : University professor in the department of management at the University of Évora (Public service /Government (other areas))
• 2005-2011 : Coordinator for the Lisbon Strategy and the Technological Plan (Public service /Government (other areas))
• 2005-2011 : State Secretary for Energy and Innovation (Public service /Government (other areas))
• 2011-2014 : Parliamentary leader of the Socialist Party in the Assembly of the Republic (Public service /Government (other areas))

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1978-1983 : University, Economics: Master’s degree in business administration – University of Évora
• 1987-1991 : University: Doctorate in information management – University of Évora

Member

• Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Committee on Fisheries
• Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute

• Committee on International Trade
• Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Curriculum Vitae

Professional career

• 10/06/1968-31/12/2013 : Farmer on a pig farm in Hengevelde

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1965-1968 : ABTB Agricultural and Domestic Science College
• 1976-1979 : Intermediate general secondary education, Delden
• 1985-1985 : Management course, Almelo
• 1986-1986 : ABTB executive course, Almelo
• 1986-1986 : Agricultural cooperation course, Deventer

Member

• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation
• Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute

• Committee on International Trade
• Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Vice-Chair

• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Member

• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Substitute

• Committee on International Trade
• Committee on Petitions
• Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula