MariaBerger

General Data

 * Born on 19 August 1956, Perg
 * Country: Austria
 * Political Group: Socialist Group in the European Parliament (PSE) Party: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs

Functions in European Parliament

 * 11/11/1996 - 19/07/2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists (Member)
 * 14/11/1996 - 15/01/1997 : Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (Member)
 * 14/11/1996 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights (Member)
 * 14/11/1996 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs (Substitute)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (Substitute)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (Member)
 * 22/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (Vice-Chairwoman)
 * 22/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (Substitute)
 * 22/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (Substitute)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (Substitute)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (Substitute)
 * 07/02/2002 - 30/04/2004 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 20/07/2004 - 10/01/2007 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 10/01/2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 10/01/2007 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 10/01/2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 10/01/2007 : Delegation for relations with Canada (Substitute)
 * 19/01/2006 - 10/01/2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (Substitute)
 * 11/12/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament (Member)
 * 17/12/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Development (Substitute)
 * 17/12/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (Substitute)
 * 18/12/2008 - 04/02/2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change (Member)
 * 18/12/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Member)
 * 18/12/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Doctor of Law, Innsbruck University (1979)
 * University assistant (1979-1984)
 * Official at the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (1984-1988)
 * Head of the European Integration Department of the Federal Chancellor's Office (1989-1993)
 * Directorship post in the EFTA Surveillance Authority in Brussels (1993-1994)
 * Vice-President of the University of Krems (1995-1996)
 * Federal Chairman of the Young Generation in the SPÖ (1984-1987)
 * Member of the Land party committee of the SPÖ in Upper Austria (since 2004)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1996)
 * Honorary medal of the International Mauthausen Committee, National Order of the Republic of Lithuania

Votes

 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 100.0/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 48.5/100

Positions
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