María Badía
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María Badía i Cutchet is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
politician from Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
(PSOE), part of the Socialist Group
Party of European Socialists
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, and sits on the European Parliament
European Parliament
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's Committee on Culture and Education
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.
She is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs (EU)
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, a member of the Delegation for relations with China
China
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and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with South Africa and APEM.
Education
- Studied EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
at the Autonomous University of BarcelonaAutonomous University of BarcelonaThe Autonomous University of Barcelona is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain.... - English teacher in SabadellSabadellSabadell is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona...
- 1975: Member of Democratic Convergence of CataloniaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThe Democratic Convergence of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with Democratic Union of Catalonia, it forms part of the Convergence and Union coalition. It is affiliated with the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party and with the Liberal International...
Career
- 1985-1994: Coordinator, First Socialists' Party of CataloniaSocialists' Party of CataloniaThe Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...
(PSC)-PSOE Secretariat - 1994-1996: PSOE International Relations Coordinator
- 1996-1999: Head of the secretariat of the Bureau of the Parliament of CataloniaParliament of CataloniaThe Parliament of Catalonia is the unicameral legislature of Catalonia. It is formed by 135 members , who are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of Catalonia, by universal suffrage in proportional lists with four...
- 2000- 2008: Elected PSC Secretary for European and International Policy in June 2000, re-elected in July 2004 and in July 2008
External links
- European Parliament biography
- http://www.psoe-pe.org/
- Detailied biography (in Spanish)
- Shorter biography (in Spanish)