Bárbara Dührkop

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Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (b. July 27, 1945, Hanover) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), a Vice-Chairwoman of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Budgetary Control.

Her husband Enrique Casas was assassinated by ETA in 1984.

Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Decorations 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Education

• 1971: Graduate in humanities of the University of Uppsala (Sweden)
• 1973: Language teacher in Hamburg

[edit] Career

• 1974-1978: Deputy Chair of the Erlangen-Nürnberg University
• 1978-1987: Language teacher at the Usandizaga Institute and the German School (San Sebastian)
• 1995: Chair of the Board of the German School in San Sebastian
• 1999: Member of the Executive Committee of the Socialist Party of Euskadi - Euskadiko Ezkerra
• since 1987: Member of the European Parliament
• 1989-1994: Socialist coordinator on the Committee on Culture and Education
• 1994-1999: Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Budgets
• 1995: Awarded the Mujer Progresista prize

[edit] Decorations

• Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit of the Republic of Austria

[edit] See also

• European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography of Bárbara Dührkop (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Spanish)