David Byrne (politician)
David Byrne [ ˈdeɪvɪd bɜːn ] (born April 26, 1947 ) is an Irish politician and was EU Commissioner until November 2004 .
Byrne studied law and in 1970 as a lawyer admitted. After a career in the Irish Bar Association and several excursions into politics as a consultant on legal individual questions, he was 1997 General prosecutor .
From 1999 to 2004 he was Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection in the European Commission . His responsibilities in particular the EU directives fell ban on tobacco advertising , such as the ban on misleading terms such as " light " or "mild" on tobacco products, or the draft EU regulation banning so-called Health claims , that health claims to foods ( Health Claims Regulation ).
David Byrne is married with three children.
Web links
- David Byrne in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Michel Barnier (until April 2004) | Frits Bolkestein | Philippe Busquin | David Byrne | Anna Diamantopoulou (until March 2004) | Franz Fischler | Neil Kinnock | Pascal Lamy | Erkki Liikanen (until July 2004) | Mario Monti | Poul Nielson | Loyola de Palacio | Chris Patten | Romano Prodi | Viviane Reding | Michaele Schreyer | Pedro Solbes (until April 2004) | Günter Verheugen | António Vitorino | Margot Wallström
Additions:
Joaquín Almunia (from April 2004) |
Péter Balázs (from May 2004) |
Jacques Barrot (from April 2004) |
Joseph Borġ (from May 2004) |
Stavros Dimas (from March 2004) |
Ján Figeľ (from May 2004) |
Dalia Grybauskaitė (from May 2004) |
Danuta Hübner (from May 2004) |
Siim Kallas (from May 2004) |
Sandra Kalniete (from May 2004) |
Márkos Kyprianoú (from May 2004) |
Janez Potočnik (from May 2004) |
Olli Rehn (from July 2004) |
Pavel Telička (from May 2004)
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| SURNAME | Byrne, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish politician, European Commissioner (1999-2004) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1947 |