Elisabeth Jeggle
Elisabeth Jeggle (born July 21, 1947 in Untermarchtal ) is a German politician. From 1999 to 2014 she was a member of the CDU's European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg in the European People's Party .
Life and education
After completing secondary school in 1964, Elisabeth Jeggle trained as a housekeeper from 1964 to 1967 . From 1968 she worked as a farmer in her husband's farm. In 1978 she passed the exam to become a master of urban housekeeping and in 1979 to become a master of rural housekeeping.
politics
Elisabeth Jeggle is a member of the CDU and is active there in various board positions. Among other things, she has been deputy district chairwoman of the CDU Württemberg-Hohenzollern since 1993, deputy district chairwoman of the CDU Biberach since 1994, member of the CDU federal committee for agricultural policy since 1994 and member of the CDU state executive committee of Baden-Württemberg since 1995.
She has been involved in local politics as a member of the Biberach district council since 1999 .
In the European Parliament, Elisabeth Jeggle was a member of the board of the EPP-ED group and deputy chairwoman of the CDU / CSU group in the European Parliament.
Tasks and responsibilities:
- Member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
- Deputy for the Committee on Transport and Tourism
- Substitute for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
- Member of the delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia
From 2009 to 2014, Jeggle was Vice-Chair of the Delegation for Relations with Canada . She was a member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee and the Human Rights Subcommittee . As a deputy, she was in the Committee on Foreign Affairs , in the delegation in the committees for parliamentary cooperation EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan as well as for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia. She was also in the delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.
Memberships
Jeggle was a member of the Europa-Union parliamentary group European Parliament .
Other offices
Elisabeth Jeggle has been chairwoman of the foundation council of the Catholic Free School Foundation of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese since 2001 and chairwoman of the rural women in the Biberach district as well as in many other associations. Jeggle is a member of the Europa-Union parliamentary group European Parliament .
Jeggle has been the patron of Mühlenstraße Oberschwaben since 2005 .
Awards
In 2016 Elisabeth Jeggle was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg .
Web links
- Homepage of Elisabeth Jeggle (out of date)
- Entry on Elisabeth Jeggle in the Members' database of the European Parliament
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the European Parliament
- ↑ http://www.schulstiftung.de/stiftung/vorstand-und-stiftungsrat/
- ^ Patronage of Mühlenstrasse Oberschwaben
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jeggle, Elisabeth |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), MEP |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Untermarchtal |