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European Union Election Observation Mission to Pakistan 2008





Michael Gahler
  • Date of Birth: 22 April 1960 in Frankfurt am Main
  • 1966-1970 Adolf-Reichwein elementary school in Frankfurt-Zeilsheim
  • 1970-1978 Leibniz High School and BIKUZ High School in Frankfurt-Höchst
  • 1979-1980 Enlisted soldier at a telecommunications batallion in Koblenz
  • 1981-1987 Study of law in Mainz, 1st state examination
  • 1982-1983 Study in Dijon/Frankreich
  • 1987-1990 Traineeship in Frankfurt, Hochheim and Brussels, 2nd state examination
  • 1990-1991 Attaché formation at the diplomatic school of the Foreign Office
  • 1991-1993 Desk officer in the department „International Environmental Politics" of the German Foreign Office
  • 1993-1995 Assistant in the International Office of the CDU
  • 1995-1999 Desk officer for the Baltic States and the Council of the Baltic Sea States in the German Foreign Office
  • since April 1999 Member of the European Parliament

Functions in the parliamentary period 2004-2009


  • 2007

Vice-President of the Foreign Affairs Committee

First Vice President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Substitute Member of the Budget Committee

Member of the Iran Delegation

Substitute Member of the South Africa

 
  • 2004 - 2007

Vice President of the Development Committee

First Vice President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly


Substitute member of the Foreign Affairs Committee

Member of the Human Rights Sub-Commiittee

Substitute member of the South Africa- and Iran Delegation

   
  • Functions in the parliamentary period 1999-2004:

Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Security and Defence Politics

Speaker for Human Rights issues of the CDU/CSU-delegation and the EPP-ED-Group

Substitute member in the committee of development and cooperation

First Vice-President of the joint parliamentary committee EU-Lithuania

Rapporteur on Estonia and Iran

   

Political Activities:

   
  • since 1978 Member of the Junge Union (JU)
    Fetures:

1985-1987 Chairman of the JU municipal association Hattersheim

1987-1989 Chairman of the JU district association Main-Taunus

1990-1993 Chairman of the JU county association Nassau

1990-1993 Representative of the county in the JU Hesse state board

991-1996 Member of the International Commission of the Junge Union of Germany

1994-1996 President of the Junge Union Federal Court of Arbitration

   
  • since 1981 Member of the CDU
    Features/Mandate:
1989 CDU city councillor in Hattersheim
1989-1991 Member of the local CDU-board

1989-2001 Member of the Main-Taunus district assembly

1993-1997 Member of the Regional Planning Assembly at the Regional Council Darmstadt
1994-2000 Deputy District Chairman of the CDU Main-Taunus

since 1995 CDU-Delegate to the EPP-congress

   
   
   
   
 
 
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