Karin Riis-Jørgensen

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Karin Riis-Jørgensen (born on 7 November 1952 in Odense) is a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Venstre, a Vice-Chairwoman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

She is a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the United States.

[edit] Education

• 1978: Degree in law

[edit] Career

• 1979-1989: Lawyer with the Danish Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Copenhagen and Brussels
• 1989-1994: Head of department at Coopers & Lybrand
• since 1994: part-time employment with Price Waterhouse Coopers
• since 1994: Member of the Executive of Venstre, Denmark's Liberal Party
• since 2002: Member of the bureau of Venstre's parliamentary group in the Folketing
• since 1994: Member of the European Parliament
• 2002-2004: Vice-Chairwoman of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Denmark)

[edit] External links

• Official website of Karin Riis-Jørgensen: www.karinriis.dk
• European Parliament biography of Karin Riis-Jørgensen (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Danish)