Eva Lichtenberger

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Eva Lichtenberger, MEP

Eva Lichtenberger (born 01 July 1954, Zams) is an MEP from the Austrian green party Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Election Campaign 2009

Eva Lichtenberger has pledged to all four issues presented by the Election Campaign:

• to provide leadership in lobbying transparency and ethics,
• to provide leadership in reforming financial architecture,
• to promote a full-scale rethink of the EU trade policy,
• to promote corporate accountability.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• School-leaving certificate, Innsbruck secondary school for the arts and educational science (1972).
• Academy of Education (teacher-training qualification for primary and secondary schools) (1972-1974).
• Studied psychology and politics at the University of Innsbruck (1979-1987), PhD (1987).
• Teacher at primary and secondary schools in the Tyrol (1974-1983).
• Self-employed in adult education (1987-1994).
• Secretary of the Green Alternative ARGE ALP (Working Community of the Alpine Regions) (1988).
• Spokeswoman for the Tyrol Greens (1989-1999).
• Spokeswoman for the Austrian Greens on transport and tourism (1999-2004).
• Advisory member of the environment committee of Hall in Tirol town council (1986-2002).
• Chairwoman of the Greens in the Tyrol Regional Assembly (1989-1994).
• Member of the Regional Government of the Tyrol (department for environmental protection) (1994-1999).
• Member of the Austrian Parliament, member of the Transport Committee, of the Committee on National Defence and of the Main Committee (with responsibility for European affairs) (1999-2004).
• Alternate member of the EU Constitutional Convention (1999-2004).
• Member of the Austrian Convention on constitutional reform (1999-2004).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08G157

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45139

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49139

Email:

eva.lichtenberger@gruene.at

eva.lichtenberger@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.eva-lichtenberger.eu

Resources

• Election Campaign, Eva Lichtenberger, accessed 05 June 2009.
• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Eva Lichtenberger, 22 January 2009, accessed 25 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Eva Lichtenberger, accessed 25 April 2009.