Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

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Constituencies

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Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 1989/07/25 - 1994/07/18
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 1984/07/24 - 1989/07/24
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 1979/07/17 - 1984/07/23

Groups

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PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1979/07/17 - 1984/07/23
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1984/07/24 - 1989/07/24
PPE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1989/07/25 - 1994/07/18
PPE Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
PPE-DE Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
PPE-DE Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2004/07/20 - 2007/01/15
PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2007/01/16 - 2007/02/14
PPE-DE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2007/02/15 - 2009/07/13
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30

EP staff

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Member of Conference of Presidents 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
Member of Conference of Presidents 2004/07/20 - 2007/01/15
Member of Conference of Delegation Chairs 2007/01/16 - 2009/07/13
President of Conference of Presidents 2007/01/16 - 2009/07/13
President of European Parliament 2007/01/16 - 2009/07/13
President of Parliament's Bureau 2007/01/16 - 2009/07/13

Committees

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning	1979/07/20	1984/07/23
Substitute of	Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning	1984/07/26	1987/01/20
Member of	Political Affairs Committee	1984/07/26	1987/01/20
Substitute of	Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning	1987/01/21	1989/07/24
Member of	Political Affairs Committee	1987/01/21	1989/07/24
Substitute of	Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights	1989/07/26	1990/05/14
Member of	Political Affairs Committee	1989/07/26	1992/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy	1990/05/15	1992/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy	1992/01/15	1992/03/30
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security	1992/01/15	1994/07/18
Chair of	Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament	1992/01/28	1994/07/18
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs	1992/04/01	1993/09/13
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs	1994/07/21	1995/10/11
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy	1994/07/21	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament	1994/07/21	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	1995/10/12	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	1999/07/21	1999/10/07
Substitute of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	1999/07/21	1999/11/17
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	1999/10/07	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Budgetary Control	2002/01/17	2002/02/03
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2009/07/16	2010/10/19
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2010/10/20	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2012/01/19	2012/02/08
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Committee on Transport and Tourism	2012/02/09	2014/01/22
Substitute of	Committee on Development	2014/01/23	2014/06/30

Delegations

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand	1983/04/11	1984/07/23
Member of	Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand	1985/02/12	1986/03/09
Member of	Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand	1986/03/10	1987/01/20
Member of	Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand	1987/01/21	1989/03/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand	1989/03/14	1989/07/24
Member of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1989/07/26	1992/01/14
Member of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1992/01/15	1993/02/10
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the Gulf States	1992/02/25	1993/02/10
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the Gulf States	1993/02/11	1994/01/31
Member of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1993/02/11	1994/01/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the Gulf States	1994/02/01	1994/07/18
Member of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1994/02/01	1994/07/18
Member of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1994/11/17	1995/07/11
Member of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1995/07/12	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1997/01/16	1997/10/13
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1997/10/14	1999/02/23
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1999/02/24	1999/07/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1999/10/06	2000/10/04
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea	2002/02/07	2004/07/19
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)	2004/09/15	2007/01/14
Chair of	Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly	2007/01/16	2009/07/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula	2009/09/16	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	2009/09/16	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean	2009/09/16	2014/06/30

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee	1995/0128(AVC)	AFET Foreign Affairs	EC/Lithuania Europe Agreement

Activities

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Amendment Co-authors

Name	Group	Country	Ams
Cristian Dan PREDA	PPE	Romania	3
Nadezhda NEYNSKY	PPE	Bulgaria	3
Eduard KUKAN	PPE	Slovakia	3
Andrzej GRZYB	PPE	Poland	3
Michael GAHLER	PPE	Germany	3
Véronique DE KEYSER	S&D	Belgium	3
Tokia SAÏFI	PPE	France	2
Marietta GIANNAKOU	PPE	Greece	1

By types

Amendments (12)
Plenary speeches (1207)
Written declarations (1)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
9	2008/0018(COD)	Safety of toys
7	2005/0281(COD)	Waste Framework Directive
7	2007/2087(INI)	Road map for the Union's constitutional process
6	2011/0302(COD)	Connecting Europe Facility 2014-2020
6	2009/2504(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in the Gaza Strip
5	2009/2533(RSP)	Resolution on humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip
5	2008/2001(INI)	Interim report on the scientific facts of climate change: findings and recommendations for decision-making
4	2007/2253(INI)	Media concentration and pluralism in the EU
4	2007/2637(RSP)	Resolution on the European interest: succeeding in the age of globalisation
4	2007/0808(CNS)	Convening of the Intergovernmental Conference IGC: Parliament's opinion (Article 48 TEC)
4	2007/2103(INI)	The Millennium Development Goals at the Midway Point
3	2011/2245(INI)	Modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (EDD). European Parliament recommendation to the Council
3	2007/2251(INI)	European Investment Bank EIB. Annual Report 2006
3	2007/2038(DEC)	2006 discharge: EC general budget, European Parliament
3	2007/2657(RSP)	Resolution on application of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of EU citizens and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States
3	2007/2019B(BUD)	2008 budget: other sections
3	2006/2176(INI)	Role and effectiveness of cohesion policy in reducing disparities in the poorest regions of the European Union
2	2009/0011(CNS)	Rural development: support by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
2	2008/0252(CNS)	Guidelines for the employment policies in 2009
2	2008/2105(INI)	2050: The future begins today - Recommendations for the EU's future integrated policy on climate change
2	2008/2156(INI)	EMU@10: The first 10 years of Economic and Monetary Union and future challenges
2	2008/2523(RSP)	Resolution on the European Council of 15-16 October 2008
2	2008/2099(INI)	Reaping the full benefits of the digital dividend in Europe: a common approach to the use of the spectrum released by the digital switchover
2	2007/0097(COD)	Access to the international market for coach and bus services. Recast
2	2008/2003(INI)	Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP
2	2007/0022(COD)	Protection of the environment through criminal law
2	2007/2204(INI)	Mid-term review of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme
2	2007/2286(INI)	Treaty amending the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community
2	2007/2683(RSP)	Resolution on Iran
2	2006/2227(INI)	Keep Europe moving: sustainable mobility for our continent
2	2007/2143(INI)	2007 annual report on the euro area
2	2006/0076(COD)	Fiscalis 2013: Community programme to improve the operation of taxation systems in the internal market
2	2007/2121(REG)	Verification of the credentials of Beniamino Donnici
2	2006/0271(CNS)	Employment policy: guidelines for 2007 (Decision 2005/600/EC)
2	2006/2032(INI)	The external dimension of the fight against international terrorism
2	2006/2247(INI)	Macro-economic impact of the increase in the price of energy
2	2004/0175(COD)	Infrastructure for spatial information in the European Community (INSPIRE)
2	2011/2756(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab world and North Africa
1	2010/2233(INI)	Relations of the European Union with the Gulf Cooperation Council
1	2009/2215(INI)	Union for the Mediterranean
1	2009/2133(INI)	Institutional aspects of creating a European service for external action
1	2008/0211(COD)	Protection of animals used for scientific purposes
1	2009/2006(BUD)	2010 budget: other sections: Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year and the budget
1	2009/2558(RSP)	Resolution on the London G20 Summit of 2 April 2009
1	2009/0008(CNS)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): national restructuring programmes for the cotton sector 2010-2017
1	2008/2328(INI)	Educating the children of migrants
1	2008/2184(INI)	Application of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of EU citizens and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States
1	2009/2567(RSP)	Resolution on bi-annual evaluation of the EU-Belarus dialogue
1	2009/2557(RSP)	Resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism
1	2008/2104(INI)	Relations between the EU and Russia
1	2008/2289(INI)	EU-Mexico strategic partnership
1	2008/2235(INI)	Implementation in the EU of Directive 2003/9/EC on the minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers: visits by the Committee on Civil Liberties 2005-2008
1	2009/2516(RSP)	Resolution on the return and resettlement of the Guantánamo detention facility inmates
1	2008/2317(ACI)	EU Solidarity Fund: mobilisation for Cyprus following drought in 2008
1	2008/0162(CNS)	Convention on international interests in mobile equipment and its Protocol on matters specific to aircraft equipment. Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol 2001
1	2008/2125(INL)	E-justice
1	2007/0297(COD)	Emission performance standards for new passenger cars
1	2008/2635(RSP)	Resolution on piracy at sea
1	2008/2651(RSP)	Resolution on the impact of aviation security measures and body scanners on human rights, privacy, personal dignity and data protection
1	2008/0073(NLE)	EU/Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement
1	2008/2158(INI)	Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007
1	2008/2085(INI)	Challenges to collective agreements in the EU
1	2002/0072(COD)	Temporary agency work
1	2007/2639(RSP)	Resolution on the annual debate on the progress made in 2007 in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) (Articles 2 and 39 of the EU Treaty)
1	2008/2628(RSP)	Resolution on getting a grip on energy prices
1	2008/2634(RSP)	Resolution on the IASCF review of the constitution, public accountability, and composition of the IASB: proposals for change
1	2005/0202(CNS)	Fight against terrorism: processing and protection of personal data in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. Framework Decision
1	2008/2621(RSP)	Resolution on maternal mortality ahead of the UN High-level event on the Millennium Development Goals to be held on 25 September 2008
1	2007/2252(INI)	Mid-term review of the European environment and health action plan 2004 - 2010
1	2007/2262(INI)	Report from the Commission on the evaluation of the Dublin system
1	2008/2107(INI)	ECB annual report for 2007
1	2007/2118(INI)	Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany
1	2007/2189(INI)	EU consumer policy strategy 2007-2013
1	2007/2202(INI)	Progress made in equal opportunities and non-discrimination in the EU (transposition of Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC)
1	2008/2536(RSP)	Resolution on the Fifth Latin America and Caribbean - European Union Summit in Lima
1	2008/2024(BUD)	2009 budget: Section III, Commission: budgetary framework and priorities for 2009
1	2008/2557(RSP)	Resolution on Tibet
1	2007/2267(INI)	Croatia's 2007 progress report
1	2007/0135(CNS)	Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme, multiannual technical guidelines
1	2008/2084(INS)	Decision approving the appointment of Androula Vassiliou as a Member of the Commission
1	2006/0197(COD)	European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
1	2007/2156(INI)	Demographic future of Europe
1	2007/2102(INI)	EU Strategy for Central Asia
1	2007/2106(INI)	Action plan for energy efficiency: realising the potential
1	2006/0310(CNS)	EUROPOL: establishing the European Police Office
1	2007/2104(INI)	Social reality stocktaking
1	2007/2650(RSP)	Resolution on limiting global climate change to 2 degrees Celsius - the way ahead for the Bali Conference on Climate Change and beyond (COP 13 and COP/MOP 3)
1	2007/2022(INI)	Trade and economic relations with Ukraine
1	2005/0032(COD)	Common framework for business registers for statistical purposes
1	2007/2126(INI)	Relations between the European Union and Serbia
1	2007/2125(INI)	Production of opium for medical purposes in Afghanistan
1	2007/2596(RSP)	Resolution on EU-Turkey relations
1	2007/2094(INI)	Application of the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
1	2007/2627(RSP)	Resolution on the ESDP operation in Chad and the Central African Republic
1	2005/0037B(COD)	General programme "Fundamental Rights and Justice": specific programme "Drugs prevention and information", 2007-2013
1	2007/2079(INI)	International health regulations
1	2006/0278(COD)	Inland transport of dangerous goods
1	2007/2605(RSP)	Resolution on natural disasters
1	2007/2589(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Darfur
1	2006/2299(INI)	Towards a future Maritime Policy for the Union: a European vision for the oceans and seas
1	2006/2289(INI)	Report on FYROM's 2006 progress report
1	2007/2015(INI)	Enhanced agreement EC-Ukraine: negotiation mandate
1	2006/2199(INI)	Crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
1	2006/0256(CNS)	Cereals: common organisation of the market CMO
1	2005/2242(INI)	Kashmir: present situation and future prospects
1	2007/2004(INI)	Public finances in EMU 2006
1	2007/2533(RSP)	Resolution on missing persons in Cyprus
1	2006/2235(INI)	Local authorities and development cooperation
1	2006/2173(INI)	Construction of the Euro-Med Free Trade Area
1	2007/2505(RSP)	Resolution on the human rights situation of the Dalits in India
1	2006/2013(INL)	The European private company statute
1	2006/2676(RSP)	Resolution on the death sentence on the medical staff in Libya
1	2006/2112(INI)	European road safety action programme, 2003. Mid-term review
1	2005/2149(INI)	Equality women and men: integrated approach in the parliamentary committees' work
1	2006/0809(INS)	Decision approving the appointment of Meglena Kuneva, new Member of the Commission nominated by Bulgaria
1	2006/2660(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in the Gaza Strip
1	2006/2617(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in the Middle East
1	2006/2516(RSP)	Resolution on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
1	2005/2091(DEC)	2004 discharge: EC general budget, European Parliament
1	2006/2525(RSP)	Resolution on the right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs
1	2004/0001(COD)	Services in the internal market. Services Directive
1	2014/2533(RSP)	Resolution on the EU-Russia summit (28 January 2014)
1	2011/2828(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Palestine
1	2011/2517(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Tunisia

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Born

1945/09/15 - Bersenbrück (Niedersachsen)

Studied law, politics and history at the universities of Bonn and Geneva and the Institut des Hautes Études Internationales (Geneva). Studied at Columbia University, New York (1971). Doctorate (1974). Second state law examination (1976). Academic employee (1976-1979). Appointed lecturer at the University of Osnabrück (1989). Honorary professor (1995).
European affairs spokesman of the Young Union of Lower Saxony (1974-1980). CDU Osnabrück District Chairman (1990-2010). Chairman of the Lower Saxony Europa-Union (1981-1991). President of Europa Union Germany (since 1997). Member, Executive Committee and Federal Executive, CDU Germany (since 1999).
The only Member of the European Parliament who has been a Member continuously since the first direct elections in 1979. Chairman, Subcommittee on Security and Defence (1984-1994). Vice-chairman of the PPE group (1994-1999). Chairman, EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament (1999-2007). President of the European Parliament (2007-2009).
Honorary citizen of Bersenbrück, the town where he was born. Grand Order of Merit, Germany. Grand Cross of the Papal Order of St Gregory the Great. Commander in the French Legion of Honour. Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. EPP Group Schuman Medal. Mérite Européen en or.

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CV/1	Old Member of the European Parliament (since 1979). Chairman, Subcommittee on Security and Defence (1992-1994). Chairman, EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament (1999-2007). President of the European Parliament (2007-2009). New European affairs spokesman of the Young Union of Lower Saxony (1974-1980). CDU Osnabrück District Chairman (1990-2010). Chairman of the Lower Saxony Europa-Union (1981-1991). President of Europa Union Germany (since 1997). Member, Executive Committee and Federal Executive, CDU Germany (since 1999).
CV/1	European policy spokesman, Young Union of Lower Saxony (1974-1980). District Chairman, Osnabrück CDU (1990-2010). Chairman, Lower Saxony Europa Union (1981-1991). President of Europa Union Germany (since 1997). Member, Executive Committee and Federal Executive, CDU Germany (since 1999). EPP Vice-Chairman (since 1999).
CV/2	Old EPP Group Schuman Medal. Grand Order of Merit, Germany. Grand Decoration of the Republic of Austria. European Honorary Senator. Mérite Européen en or. MEP of the Year for 2004: award by European Voice. New The only Member of the European Parliament who has been a Member continuously since the first direct elections in 1979. Chairman, Subcommittee on Security and Defence (1984-1994). Vice-chairman of the PPE group (1994-1999). Chairman, EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament (1999-2007). President of the European Parliament (2007-2009).
CV/3	Old Chairman, Junge Union Friendship and Assistance Association, Osnabrück-Emsland. New Honorary citizen of Bersenbrück, the town where he was born. Grand Order of Merit, Germany. Grand Cross of the Papal Order of St Gregory the Great. Commander in the French Legion of Honour. Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. EPP Group Schuman Medal. Mérite Européen en or.

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CV/1

Old

European policy spokesman, Young Union of Lower Saxony (1974-1980). District Chairman, Osnabrück CDU (since 1990). Chairman, Lower Saxony Europa Union (1981-1991). President of Europa Union Germany (since 1997). Member, Executive Committee and Federal Executive, CDU Germany (since 1999). EPP Vice-Chairman (since 1999).

New

European policy spokesman, Young Union of Lower Saxony (1974-1980). District Chairman, Osnabrück CDU (1990-2010). Chairman, Lower Saxony Europa Union (1981-1991). President of Europa Union Germany (since 1997). Member, Executive Committee and Federal Executive, CDU Germany (since 1999). EPP Vice-Chairman (since 1999).

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Studied law, politics and history at the universities of Bonn and Geneva and the Institut des Hautes Études Internationales (Geneva). Studied at Columbia University, New York (1971). Doctorate (1974). Second state law examination (1976). Academic employee (1976-1979). Appointed lecturer at the University of Osnabrück (1989). Honorary professor (1995).
European policy spokesman, Young Union of Lower Saxony (1974-1980). District Chairman, Osnabrück CDU (since 1990). Chairman, Lower Saxony Europa Union (1981-1991). President of Europa Union Germany (since 1997). Member, Executive Committee and Federal Executive, CDU Germany (since 1999). EPP Vice-Chairman (since 1999).
Member of the European Parliament (since 1979). Chairman, Subcommittee on Security and Defence (1992-1994). Chairman, EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament (1999-2007). President of the European Parliament (2007-2009).
Chairman, Junge Union Friendship and Assistance Association, Osnabrück-Emsland.
EPP Group Schuman Medal. Grand Order of Merit, Germany. Grand Decoration of the Republic of Austria. European Honorary Senator. Mérite Européen en or. MEP of the Year for 2004: award by European Voice.