LenaEk

General Data

 * Born on 16 January 1958, Mönsterås
 * Country: Sweden
 * Political Group: Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party: Centerpartiet

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 * Parlement européen
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 * Email: [mailto:lena.ek@europarl.europa.eu lena.ek(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=28127
 * Site web: www.lenaek.se

Functions in European Parliament

 * Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (Vice-Chair)
 * Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (Member)
 * Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (Substitute)
 * Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (Substitute)
 * Delegation for relations with the United States (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Law degree, (Lund, 1978-1985)
 * Researcher and lecturer in international law at the Faculty of Law in Lund and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund (1985-1992)
 * District chair, Centerpartiet (Centre Party), Östergötland (1993-1994)
 * Chair of the Centerpartiet's women's association (1998-2000)
 * Member of the Centerpartiet's executive (since 1998)
 * Member of the party's executive committee (since 2000)
 * Vice-Chair of the ELDR (since 2009)
 * Municipal commissioner, Valdemarsvik (1994-1998)
 * County councillor and substitute member of the Östergötland County Council Executive Committee (1994-1998)
 * Member of the Swedish Parliament, member of the Committee on Finance and Centerpartiet spokesperson on economic policy (1998-2004)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 2004)
 * Leader of the ALDE Group in the Committee on Industry (2004-2009)
 * Leader of the ALDE Group in the Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-2009)
 * Leader of the ALDE Group in the Lisbon Committee (2004-2009)
 * Member of the Committee on Industry, Temporary Committee on Climate Change and the Lisbon Committee (2004-2009)
 * Substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Gender Equality (2004-2009);Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-2009)
 * Member of the Board of the Södra Skogsägarna ekonomisk förening (economic association of private forest owners in Southern Sweden) (2004-2009)
 * Chair of the Board of the Brussels section of the Sällskapet Politik och Näringsliv (SPN) (politics and business society) (2006-2009)
 * Chair of the Board of Swedish Brain Power (2007-2009)
 * Chair of the Board of EXSELENT Porous Materials (2007-2009)
 * Member of the Board of Södra Gapro AB (since 2007)
 * Member of the Board of the Stockholm Environment Institute (since 2008)
 * Member of the Board of Norrköpings hamn AB (2009)
 * Member of the Board of the Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm (since 2009)

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 97.3/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 62.5/100
 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 61.1/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 42.5/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 75.0/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 52.6/100

Positions
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28/03/2010 Written Declaration 12/2010 (ACTA)
Has signed written declaration 12/2010 on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content.