Mr. Jo Leinen MEP

Jo Leinen
Country: 
Germany
Parliament: 
European Parliament
Party: 
Social Democratic Party (SPD) / Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
Last Election: 
2014
Upcoming Election: 
2019
Website: 
Jo Leinen - Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments
Member of the following: 
  • Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs
  • Substitute Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Substitute Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
     
Interested in: 
Global Security Challenges
Regional Cooperation & Security
Regions of interest: 
Central Africa
Horn of Africa/East-Africa
India
Southern Africa
Bio: 

Mr. Jo Leinen has been a member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Group since 1999. He is currently member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

Prior to his first election as Member of the European Parliament, he served as Minister for environment in the German state of Saarland (1985-1994), was President of the Committee on European Affairs in the regional parliament of the German state of Saarland (1994-1999) and served on the European Union's Committee of the Regions (1995-1999) as well as on the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLRAE).