SylviaYvonneKaufmann

General Data

 * Born on 23 January 1955, Berlin
 * Country: Germany
 * Political Group: Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Party: DIE LINKE

Functions in European Parliament

 * 20/07/1999 - 12/10/1999 : Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (Substitute)
 * 22/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation for relations with Japan (Vice-Chairwoman)
 * 13/10/1999 - 19/07/2004 : Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (Vice-Chairwoman)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (Substitute)
 * 07/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Delegation for relations with Japan (Member)
 * 20/07/2004 - 15/01/2007 : European Parliament (Vice-President)
 * 20/07/2004 - 15/01/2007 : Parliament's Bureau (Vice-President)
 * 20/07/2004 - 13/05/2009 : Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with Japan (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (Substitute)
 * 14/05/2009 - 13/07/2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Qualified Japanologist (1979)
 * Doctorate (1984)
 * Research assistant at the Humboldt University, Berlin (1979-1988)
 * Research assistant at the Institute for International Politics and Economy, Berlin (1988-1990)
 * Member of the PDS Executive (1991-1993 and 2000-2002)
 * Federal Vice-Chair of the PDS (1993-2000)
 * Member of the GDR People's Assembly (March-October 1990)
 * Member of the Bundestag (October-December1990)
 * Observer, European Parliament (1991-1994) and Member (since 1999)
 * Vice-Chair, GUE/NGL Group (1999-2004)
 * Vice-Chair, Japan Delegation (1999-2001)
 * Member, Convention for the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, Vice-Chair of European Parliament delegation (2000)
 * Member, Constitutional Convention (2002-2003)

Votes

 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 45.1/100
 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 100.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 85.0/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 100.0/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 72.4/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 100.0/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 100.0/100

Positions
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