OthmarKaras

General Data

 * Born on 24 December 1957, Ybbs
 * Country: Austria
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE) Party: Österreichische Volkspartei

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 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:othmar.karas@europarl.europa.eu othmar.karas(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=4246
 * Site web: www.othmar-karas.at

Functions in European Parliament

 * Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Member)
 * Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (Member)
 * Delegation for relations with Canada (Member)
 * Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (Substitute)
 * Delegation for relations with Japan (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Mag. phil
 * (1996)
 * Master of European and International Business Law (MBL), University of St
 * Gallen (1997)
 * Manager in the banking and insurance sector (1981-1995)
 * Assistant Secretary-General of Bundesländer Versicherung
 * Federal president of the Union of Students (1976-1979)
 * Political adviser to the ÖVP (1979-1980)
 * First Vice-Chairman of the Austrian Federal Youth Association (1980-1990)
 * Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP (1981-1990)
 * Member of the national executive of the ÖVP (1981-1991)
 * Secretary-General of the ÖVP (1995-1999)
 * President of the Austrian Aid Organisation (since 1998)
 * First Vice-President of Hilfswerk Austria (since 1998)
 * Vice-President of the Young European Christian-Democrats (EUJCD) (1981-1990)
 * Member of the EPP Bureau and Council (since 1995)
 * Member of the steering committee of the European Democratic Union (EDU) (since 1995)
 * Member of the board of the Austrian Association of Graduates
 * Member of the Land and federal executives of the Austrian Workers' and Employees' Association (ÖAAB)
 * Member of the Nationalrat (1983-1990)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
 * Vice-President of the Political Academy
 * Vice-President of the Friedrich Funder Institute

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 2.3/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100
 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 11.8/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 41.9/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 21.1/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 5.6/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 54.9/100

Positions
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