GiuseppeGargani

General Data

 * Born on 23 April 1935, Morra De Sanctis
 * Country: Italy
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (PPE-DE) Party: Forza Italia

Functions in European Parliament

 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Chairman)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Conference of Committee Chairmen (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (Substitute)
 * 06/10/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (Member)
 * 08/10/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
 * 17/01/2002 - 20/01/2002 : 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)
 * 21/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (Chairman)
 * 21/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Conference of Committee Chairmen (Member)
 * 07/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 21/07/2004 : Committee on Legal Affairs (Member)
 * 22/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Legal Affairs (Chairman)
 * 28/07/2004 - 15/01/2007 : Conference of Committee Chairmen (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (Member)
 * 13/10/2004 - 17/11/2004 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
 * 19/01/2006 - 19/06/2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (Member)
 * 31/01/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Conference of Committee Chairmen (Member)
 * 18/06/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (Member)
 * 18/06/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Graduate in law (1958)
 * Enrolled in Democrazia Cristiana in 1956
 * National deputy-Delegate of the DC Youth Movement in 1960
 * Member of DC National Council since 1964
 * Member of the national executive of the DC
 * DC Regional Secretary in Campania
 * Member of the DC
 * Responsible for the justice section of the DC Secretariat
 * Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (1972-1994)
 * Several terms as Chairman of the Committee on Justice
 * Under-Secretary-of-State at the Ministry of Justice (1979-1984)
 * Commissioner of the Authority for Communications Guarantees (1998)
 * Head of the justice department of Forza Italia (since 2001)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
 * Chairman of the Committee on Culture (1999-2002) and the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002- )

Votes

 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 57.2/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 21.1/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 23.5/100

Positions
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