Marianne Thyssen

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Marianne Thyssen (born on 24 July 1956 in Sint-Gillis-Waas) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the CD&V/N-VA, a Vice-Chairwoman of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

She is a substitute for the Committee on International Trade, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

[edit] Education

• 1979: Degree in law (Catholic University of Louvain (KUL))
• Assistant in the faculty of law, Catholic University of Louvain
• Legal assistant in the office of the State Secretary for Health
• Successively legal adviser, head of a research department and acting Secretary-General at UNIZO (organisation for the self-employed and small and medium-sized businesses)

[edit] Career

• since 1991: Member of the European Parliament
• Member of the bureau of the European People's Party
• Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group's SME Circle
• First Deputy Mayor of Oud-Heverlee

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)

[edit] External links

• Personal Website
• European Parliament biography of Marianne Thyssen (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration of financial interests (in Dutch; PDF)