GerardDeprez

General Data

 * Born on 13 August 1943, Noville-Bastogne
 * Country: Belgium
 * Political Group: Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party: Mouvement Réformateur

Functions in European Parliament

 * 24/07/1984 - 19/07/1999 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) (Member)
 * 26/07/1984 - 20/01/1987 : Committee on Budgets (Member)
 * 26/07/1984 - 20/01/1987 : Political Affairs Committee (Substitute)
 * 21/01/1987 - 10/10/1988 : Committee on Budgetary Control (Member)
 * 21/01/1987 - 24/07/1989 : Committee on Budgets (Substitute)
 * 11/10/1988 - 24/07/1989 : Committee on Budgetary Control (Substitute)
 * 26/07/1989 - 14/01/1992 : Committee on Energy, Research and Technology (Substitute)
 * 26/07/1989 - 14/01/1992 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning (Substitute)
 * 26/07/1989 - 18/07/1994 : Committee on Social Affairs, Employment and the Working Environment (Member)
 * 15/01/1992 - 31/01/1994 : Delegation to the EC-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 15/01/1992 - 18/07/1994 : Committee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning and Relations with Regional and Local Authorities (Substitute)
 * 11/03/1992 - 31/01/1994 : Delegation to the EC-Austria Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
 * 01/02/1994 - 18/07/1994 : Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 01/02/1994 - 18/07/1994 : Delegation to the EU-Austria Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
 * 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1995 : Temporary committee on employment (Substitute)
 * 21/07/1994 - 15/01/1997 : Committee on Social Affairs and Employment (Substitute)
 * 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs (Member)
 * 30/11/1994 - 30/01/1997 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Substitute)
 * 30/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (Vice-Chairman)
 * 20/07/1999 - 19/07/2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Budgets (Substitute)
 * 06/10/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Budgets (Substitute)
 * 07/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (Vice-Chairman)
 * 20/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Budgets (Member)
 * 22/07/2004 - 27/11/2007 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 14/03/2007 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 14/03/2007 : Delegation for relations with Mercosur (Substitute)
 * 14/10/2004 - 08/06/2005 : Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (Substitute)
 * 15/03/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with Canada (Substitute)
 * 28/03/2007 - 24/04/2007 : Delegation for relations with Mercosur (Member)
 * 25/04/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with Mercosur (Vice-Chairman)
 * 23/05/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * 28/11/2007 - 21/01/2008 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
 * 22/01/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Chairman)
 * 22/01/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Conference of Committee Chairmen (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

 * First university diploma in philosophy, language and literature (1961-1963)
 * Degree in sociology (1963-1967)
 * Doctorate in sociology (1974)
 * Assistant lecturer at the Catholic University of Louvain (1966-1974)
 * Lecturer, Workers' Higher Education Institute (1966-1974)
 * Associate member, University Association for Research and Administration (1969-1974)
 * Adviser in the office of the Minister for French Culture (1974-1975)
 * Political adviser to the President of the PSC (1975-1978)
 * Head of the Deputy Prime Minister's office (1979-1981)
 * PSC-CVP general policy secretary (1978-1979)
 * President of the PSC (1981-1996)
 * Founder of the MCC party (1988)
 * Chairman of the MCC executive (1998)
 * Vice-President of the Reform Movement (1998)
 * Member of the EPP policy bureau (1981-1996)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1984)
 * Vice-Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1994-2004)
 * Minister of State (1995)

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 50.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 47.5/100
 * 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 31.6/100
 * 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 81.8/100

Positions
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