María Badía

María Badía i Cutchet (b. May 13, 1947 in Sant Quirze del Vallès, Barcelona province is a Spanish politician from Catalonia and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), part of the Socialist Group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a member of the Delegation for relations with China and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with South Africa and APEM.

Education

• Studied English at the Autonomous University of Barcelona
• English teacher in Sabadell
• 1975: Member of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia

Career

• 1985-1994: Coordinator, First Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)-PSOE Secretariat
• 1994-1996: PSOE International Relations Coordinator
• 1996-1999: Head of the secretariat of the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia
• 2000- 2008: Elected PSC Secretary for European and International Policy in June 2000, re-elected in July 2004 and in July 2008

See also

• European Parliament Election, 2004 (Spain)

External links

• European Parliament biography
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Spanish)
• http://www.psoe-pe.org/
• Detailied biography (in Spanish)
• Shorter biography (in Spanish)

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