Cem Özdemir

Cem Özdemir

Cem Özdemir (born 21 December 1965, Bad Urach) is a former MEP (2004-2009) for Germany from Alliance '90/ The Greens.

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Vice-Chair:

26.01.2006 / 14.02.2007 : Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners

Member:

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs

15.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

19.01.2006 / 25.01.2006 : Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Foreign Affairs

15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute:

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

15.09.2004 / 14.03.2007 : Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Since 15 November 2008: Chairman of Alliance '90/ The Greens in Berlin, National Party Headquarters

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Occasional paid guest contributions responding to the demand from newspapers and publishers,
• On demand, occasional paid guest appearances as speaker for commercial events,
• Allowances for council activities in Vodafone Foundation, which engages in educational integration of migrants

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• State education certificate (1988).
• Graduated in social science teaching (1994).
• Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington DC/Brussels.
• Member, Baden-Württemberg Greens Party Regional Executive (1989-1995).
• Member of the Bundestag for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (1994-2002).
• Board member, Stuttgart German-Turkish Forum e.V. (since 2000).
• Jury member, USable Transatlantic Ideas Competition, Koerber Foundation, Hamburg (since 2003).
• Executive member, 'Deutschland liest vor' story-reading campaign (since 2003).
• Theodor Heuss Medal, Theodor Heuss Foundation (1996).
• Multikulti Man of the Year, Freies Berlin Radio (now Radio Berlin-Brandenburg) (1997).
• Star of Europe, Business Week (2002).
• Global Leader for Tomorrow, World Economic Forum (2002).

Contact

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Website:

http://www.cem-ozdemir.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Cem Özdemir, 19 December 2008, accessed 23 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Cem Özdemir, accessed 23 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Cem Özdemir, accessed 05 December 2010.