Agnes Schierhuber

Agnes Schierhuber

Agnes Schierhuber (born 31 May 1946) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party, which is part of the European People's Party.

Schierhuber has been a member of the European Parliament since 1995 and currently sits as a full member of the Agriculture and Rural
Development Committee. She is also part of the Delegation for relations with Canada. As a substitute member she sits on the Employment and Social Affairs Committee. She is the Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group working party on agricultural and budgetary issues.

[edit] Career

Completed agricultural school (1964)
Passed specialist examination (1975)
Member, ÖVP Local and District Executive (since 1975)
Member, Executive Committee, Lower Austria Farmers' Federation (since 1985)
Vice-Chair, Ottenschlag Farmers' Chamber (1975-1995)
Ottenschlag Women Farmers' Representative (1974-1994)
Vice-Chair, Ottenschlag Raiffeisenkassen supervisory board (since 1980)
Member, Regional Executive, Farmers' Social Insurance Institute (SVB) (1983-1998)
Member, Lower Austria Regional Chamber of Agriculture (1985-1986)
Member, Bundesrat (1986-1996)
Member of the European Parliament (since 1995)
Appointed Ökonomierat (2000)
Vice-Chair, EPP-ED Group working party on agricultural and budgetary issues (since 2003)
Chair, Austrian Association for Medicinal and Herbal Horticulture (since 1993)
Chair, Waldviertel Specialist Growers' Association (since 2003)

1995: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria
1996: Silver Medal of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
1996: Leopold Figl Silver Medal
2005: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
2006: Gold Medal of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
2006: Gold Decoration of the Farmers Association from Lower Austria