MariePanayotopoulosCassiotou

General Data

 * Born on 29 July 1952, Chios
 * Country: Greece
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (PPE-DE) Party: Nea Dimokratia

Functions in European Parliament

 * 21/07/2004 - 22/07/2004 : Committee on Petitions (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (Member)
 * 22/07/2004 - 18/02/2008 : Committee on Legal Affairs (Substitute)
 * 23/07/2004 - 30/01/2007 : Committee on Petitions (Vice-Chairwoman)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 19/01/2006 - 31/01/2006 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (Member)
 * 01/02/2006 - 19/06/2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (Substitute)
 * 31/01/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Petitions (Member)
 * 28/05/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Transport and Tourism (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Graduate in Greek and French literature (Athens 1974)
 * Graduate in Byzantine and modern Greek literature (Athens 1976)
 * DEA (Paris I Sorbonne, 1977)
 * Doctorate in History (Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne 1982), Diploma in History and Byzantine Culture (Bari, 1982)
 * Specialist in Education and Vocational Guidance (Lyons II, 1983)
 * Lexicographic research (Bonn, 1996-1997)
 * Assistant French teacher (1975)
 * Language teacher in lower and upper secondary schools in Greece (1980-1984) and Germany (1984-1990)
 * Educational and vocational guidance counsellor Germany (1990-1996)
 * Deputy educational coordinator for Western Europe (Greece) (1993-1994)
 * Teacher of modern Greek language and literature and Byzantine literature at the University of Bonn
 * Involved in compilation of Byzantine-Greek dictionary (1996-2003)
 * Member of Stuttgart (1984-1990) and Bonn (1990-2004) New Democracy Movement
 * Representative of the Greek Confederation of Large Families in COFACE (1998-2004)
 * Awarded Silver Cross of the Legion of Honour by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Mr R
 * Herzog (1994)

Votes

 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 8.3/100
 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 75.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 34.4/100
 * 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

Positions
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