Ms. Ulrike Lunacek MEP

Ulrike Lunacek
Country: 
Austria
Parliament: 
European Parliament
Party: 
The Greens (Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative) / Green Group-European Free Alliance
Last Election: 
2014
Upcoming Election: 
2019
Member of the following: 
  • Vice-President of the European Parliament
  • Member of the Parliament's Bureau
  • Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Member of the Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo
  • Substitute Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
  • Substitute Member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
  • Substitute Member of the Delegation to the EU-Serbia SAPC
  • Substitute Member of the Delegation to the EU-Montenegro SAPC
     
Other current affiliations: 
  • Vice-President of the Bureau of the Greens / EFA group
  • Vice-President of the Greens / EFA group
  • Vice-Cair 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)
Regions of interest: 
Bio: 

Ulrike Lunacek has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009, where she is currently serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as on the Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo. In July 2014, Ulrike Lunacek was elected Vice-President of the European Parliament.

Between 1983 and 1995 she gathered professional experience as interpreter, journalist and project coordinator in NGO's on development cooperation, feminist and LGBT policies. From 1996-1998 she was Secretary General of the Austrian Greens, she became Member of the Austrian Parliament in 1999, and from 2006 till 2009 she was Co-Chair of the European Green Party.

Ms Lunacek studied English-Spanish-German for the interpreter's degree at the University of Innsbruck, where she graduated with Maga. Phil. (B.A.) in 1983.