Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann

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Dr. Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (born January 23, 1955 in Berlin) is a German Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the PDS ticket and sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group.

Dr. Kaufmann is a qualified Japanologist. She was Deputy Chairman of the PDS 1993-2000 and sat in the Volkskammer of the German Democratic Republic before reunification and the Bundestag thereafter.

On July 20, 2004 she was elected one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament.

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