Bernadette Bourzai

Bernadette Bourzai (born 28 May 1945 in Tulle) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for central France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.

She is also vice-chair of the delegation to the EU–Kazakhstan, EU–Kyrgyzstan and EU–Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia, a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Career

* Degree in history and geography, University of Clermont-Ferrand (1971)
* master's degree in geography, University of Clermont-Ferrand (1972)
* highest postgraduate teaching qualification in geography (1973)
* Teacher (with the highest postgraduate teaching qualification) (1973-1998)
* Member of the Socialist Party national council (1989-2004)
* Member of Égletons Municipal Council (1983-2001)
* Mayor of Égletons (2001-2004)
* Member of the Corrèze Departmental Council (since 1994)
* Member of the Limousin Regional Council (1986-2001)
* Vice-Chairwoman of the Limousin Regional Council (1992-2001)
* Knight of the National Order of Merit

External links

* [http://www.bernadette-bourzai.fr/ Official website] (in French)
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28143 European Parliament biography]
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/28143_05-07-2004.PDF Declaration of financial interests] (in French; PDF file)