MichelRocard

General Data

 * Born on 23 August 1930, Courbevoie (Seine)
 * Country: France
 * Political Group: Socialist Group in the European Parliament (PSE) Party: Parti socialiste

Functions in European Parliament

 * 19/07/1994 - 19/07/2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists (Member)
 * 21/07/1994 - 15/01/1997 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy (Member)
 * 21/07/1994 - 15/01/1997 : Committee on Social Affairs and Employment (Substitute)
 * 17/11/1994 - 06/04/1997 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (Member)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Development and Cooperation (Chairman)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Substitute)
 * 12/03/1997 - 01/10/1997 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
 * 14/09/1998 - 19/07/1999 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Chairman)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Conference of Committee Chairmen (Member)
 * 22/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Development and Cooperation (Substitute)
 * 14/09/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
 * 06/10/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation for relations with the United States (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 21/01/2002 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (Substitute)
 * 22/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Chairman)
 * 22/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Conference of Committee Chairmen (Member)
 * 07/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Delegation for relations with the United States (Member)
 * 20/07/2004 - 31/01/2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 31/01/2009 : Committee on Foreign Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 31/01/2009 : Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 31/01/2009 : Committee on Legal Affairs (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 24/01/2007 : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 31/01/2009 : Delegation for relations with the United States (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Arts degree
 * Graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies
 * Former student at the ENA (National School of Administration) (1956-1958)
 * Diploma from the Economic Programme Research Centre
 * Inspector of Finance (1958)
 * Inspector-General of Finance (1985)
 * Lecturer
 * Consultant
 * National secretary of the PSU (1967-1973)
 * Member of the Socialist Party executive bureau (since 1975)
 * Socialist party national secretary with responsibility for the public sector (1975-1979)
 * First secretary, Socialist Party (1993-1994)
 * Permanent member of the Socialist Party's national bureau
 * Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (1977-1994)
 * Member of the Île-de-France Regional Council (1986-1992)
 * Member of the National Assembly for the fourth constituency (1969-1973) and the third constituency (1978) of Yvelines
 * Member of the National Assembly for Yvelines (1986)
 * Senator for Yvelines (1995-1997)
 * Minister for Planning and Regional Planning (1981-1983)
 * Minister for Agriculture (1983-1985)
 * Prime Minister (1988-1991)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1994)
 * Chairman of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (1997-1999), the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (1999-2002) and the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-2004)
 * Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit
 * Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (1988)

Votes

 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 47.5/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 51.4/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 56.1/100

Positions
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