Sepp Kusstatscher

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Sepp Kusstatscher (born on 17 March 1947 in Villanders) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Federazione dei Verdi (Italian Green Party), part of the European Greens and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

[edit] Education

• 1974: Master of Theology
• 1977: Teaching certificate (vocational schools)

• 1974-1979: Taught at various schools
• 1979-1986: Director, Brixen vocational school, trade, commerce and industry section
• 1986-2001: Hotel and catering section
• 2001-2003: Training officer for vocational teachers in South Tyrol

[edit] Political career

• 1973-1974: Chairman of the South Tyrol Students' Union
• 1974-1985: Mayor of Villanders
• 1983-1988: Chairman of the Lower Eisack Valley Water Treatment Association
• 1984-2004: Chairman of the Villanders Education Committee
• 1988-1993: Member (SVP), South Tyrol Regional Assembly and Trentino-South Tyrol Regional Council
• 1988-1993: Chairman of the First Legislative Commission, Trentino-South Tyrol
• 1989-1994: Chairman of the social affairs committees, South Tyrolese People's Party (SVP)
• 2003-2004: Member (Verdi, environmentalist party), South Tyrol Regional Assembly and Trentino-[[South Tyrol Regional Council

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

[edit] External links

• Official website of Sepp Kusstatscher: www.kusstatscher.net
• European Parliament biography of Sepp Kusstatscher (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration of financial interests (in Italian; PDF)