- Hubert Pirker
Hubert Pirker (born
October 3 ,1948 inGries ) is anAustria n politician and aMember of the European Parliament . He is a member of theAustrian People's Party , which is affiliated with the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in theEuropean Parliament .He is a currently a member of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs , theSubcommittee on Security and Defence , the temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners, and the delegation for relations with theKorean Peninsula . He is also a substitute for theCommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs .After studying education and communication theory and receiving his diploma and doctorate, Hubert Pirker worked as a teacher of mathematics from
1967 to1980 . He worked as a professor of education at a teacher training academy and became head of research projects at theUniversity of Klagenfurt and for the Ministry of Science. He then became a communication andmanagement consultant .Since
1989 , Pirker has served as Land chairman of the Austrian Employees' Federation. Between1990 and1994 he was the Austrian People's Party spokesman on security. He has been the Austrian People's Party spokesman on European Union security policy since1996 . From 1990 to 1994, Hubert Pirker served as a member of the "Nationalrat". In1999 he became the deputy head of the Austrian People's Party delegation to the European Parliament, the coordinator for home affairs and justice, and theEuropean People's Party spokesman on security.Hubert Pirker was previously a member during the 4th and 5th terms of the European Parliament, beginning in
1996 . During this time, he served on the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities, the delegation for relations with the Member States ofASEAN ,South-east Asia and theRepublic of Korea , and the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs. In2000 and2001 he served on a temporary committee on the Echelon interception system. He substituted for the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment and the delegation for relations withSlovenia . Pirker once again entered the European Parliament onFebruary 1 ,2006 .External links
* [http://www.europarl.eu.int/members/expert/inOut/viewIncoming.do?language=EN&id=2307 European Parliament biography]
* [http://www.europarl.eu.int/members/archive/term5/view.do?language=EN&id=2307 The European Parliament archive of Hubert Pirker's memberships during the 4th and 5th terms]
* [http://www.europarl.eu.int/members/expert/inOut.do?language=EN The European Parliament's record of recent incoming and outgoing Members]
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