Elisabeth Morin

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Elisabeth Morin, MEP

Elisabeth Morin (born 10 October 1947, Ceaux-en-Couhé) is an MEP for France from the political party Union for a Popular Movement.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Substitute, Committee on Culture and Education
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Member of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council, France

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Master's degree in ancient history on women in Homeric poetry (1969, grade: très bien); higher degree (DES) in history of religions (1969, grade: très bien); secondary teacher's qualifying certificate in history and geography (1970); competition for secondary school headship (1988); competition for regional education authority inspectors (1997); Inspector-General, National Education and Research Administration (2001).
• Teacher of history and geography for almost 15 years in schools in the department of Vienne (Collège Descartes in Châtellerault, Lycée Aliénor d'Aquitaine in Poitiers); special adviser for college renovation, then on cultural activities (appointed by the Office of the Rector of the Poitiers education authority in 1984); Deputy Director of the Regional Centre for Educational Documentation for three years; founder of the branch of the National Centre for Distance Learning (CNED) at the Parc du Futuroscope, where she was head and director of the CNED (1988); Director-General of the CNED (1988); lecturer responsible for the national training of regional education authority inspectors and head teachers at the College for National Education (1988); Inspector-General in the National Education and Research Administration for the South-Eastern France Group - the regional education authorities of Lyons, Grenoble, Aix-Marseilles, Nice and Corsica (2001).
• Member of the policy bureau of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) (since 2003); Member of the Poitiers Municipal Council (2001-2007); Chairwoman of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council - elected 1998 - (2002-2004); special adviser in the office of the Minister for school education, working in the field of young people's health (2002-2004).
• Member of the Economic and Social Council of the French Republic, Vice-Chairwoman of the Europe Delegation and member of the Regional Economy Section, Local Planning (2004-2007).
• Publications: Les partis politiques à l'époque de Jules César, Maspero, 1976; Manger autrefois en Poitou, CNDP: Fondation de France Prize, third edition, 1995; Patrimoine et environnement en milieu urbain, CNDP, 1984; Aux urnes, citoyens, CNDP, 1986; Les marchés du multimédia, Les Échos, 1995.
• Knight of the Legion of Honour (2000); Officer of the National Order of Merit (2007); Commander of the Order of Academic Palms (2005).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

13E169

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45630

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49630

Email:

elisabeth.morin@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.elisabethmorin.eu

Resources

• European Parliament, Déclaration des Intérêts financiers des députés: Elisabeth Morin, 04 December 2008, accessed 02 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Elisabeth Morin, accessed 02 April 2009.