Ulrike LUNACEK

AFETCommittee on Foreign Affairs
DSCADelegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees

LIBECommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
FEMMCommittee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
DSEEDelegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo
DEPADelegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

• High School in Boone, Iowa (USA) (1973-1974). Studied interpreting (English and Spanish) at the University of Innsbruck (Mag. phil.) (1975-1983). Social work at Innsbruck women's refuge (1981); information officer, Frauensolidarität (Solidarity among Women), Vienna (1984-1986). Teacher of German as a foreign language for refugees (1985-1988). Editor (SÜDWIND-Magazin) (1989-1992). Press officer , ÖIE (Austrian Development Policy Information Service; now the Südwind Agency) (1993-1995).
• Federal business manager of the Austrian Greens (1996-1998).
• Co-chair of the European Green Party (2006-2009).
• Member of the Austrian Parliament: spokeswoman on foreign and development policy and equality for Lesbians, Gays and Transgender Persons (1999-2009); vice-chair of the Green Parliamentary Club in Austria (since 2008); spokeswoman of the Austrian Greens on European policy and equality for Lesbians, Gays and Transgender Persons (since 2009).
• Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (2009).