Doris PACK

CULTCulture and Education

PEEuropean Parliament
CPCOConference of Committee Chairs
DSEEDelegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo

AFETForeign Affairs
FEMMWomen's Rights and Gender Equality
D-HRDelegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee

• Graduated from teaching college (1965). Taught in primary schools (1965-1974). Employed by the Saarland Ministry of Education (1983-1985).
• Member of the CDU. Member, Konrad Adenauer Foundation; President, Women in the EPP. Executive Member, European People's Party (EPP).
• Member of Bübingen council (1967-1974). Member of Saarbrücken city council (1974-1976). Member of the Bundestag (1974-1983 and 1985-1989).
• MEP (since July 1989).
• Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and of the WEU Assembly (1981-1983 and 1985-1989).
• Chair, Franco-German Foundation for Cultural Cooperation. President, European Children's Book Fair Association; President, Saar Adult Education Association. Vice-President of the European Movement on the Saar. Vice-chair, board of Otzenhausen European Academy. Vice-chair, German Association of the European Foundation for Cultural Cooperation in Europe. Member, ZDF Television Council.
• Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon (Germany) (1985). Order of the Republic of Croatia (1997). Federal Order of Merit, First Class (Germany) (1998). French International Order of Merit (1998). Order of the Republic of Albania (2002). Etoile civique en or (France) (2004). MEP Award from the periodical 'The Parliament Magazine' for her work as an MEP in the field of youth and education (2005). Award of the European Circus Association (2006). Croatian Cultural Club, Silver Dove of Vučedol, symbolising peace and freedom on behalf of the people of Croatia (2006). Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (2006). Honorary doctorate from Zadar University (Croatia) (2007). Tolerance Award of the Parliament of Vojvodina (Serbia) (2008). Award of the Town of Pogradec (Albania) (2009).