Agnes Schierhuber

Agnes Schierhuber (born 31 May 1946) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party, which is part of the European People's Party.

Schierhuber has been a member of the European Parliament since 1995 and currently sits as a full member of the [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/agri_home_en.htm Agriculture and Rural
Development Committee] . She is also part of the [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/delegations/noneurope/id/d_ca/default_en.htm Delegation for relations with Canada] . As a substitute member she sits on the [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/empl_home_en.htm Employment and Social Affairs Committee] . She is the Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group working party on agricultural and budgetary issues.

Career

* Completed agricultural school (1964)
* Passed specialist examination (1975)
* Member, ÖVP Local and District Executive (since 1975)
* Member, Executive Committee, Lower Austria Farmers' Federation (since 1985)
* Vice-Chair, Ottenschlag Farmers' Chamber (1975-1995)
* Ottenschlag Women Farmers' Representative (1974-1994)
* Vice-Chair, Ottenschlag Raiffeisenkassen supervisory board (since 1980)
* Member, Regional Executive, Farmers' Social Insurance Institute (SVB) (1983-1998)
* Member, Lower Austria Regional Chamber of Agriculture (1985-1986)
* Member, Bundesrat (1986-1996)
* Member of the European Parliament (since 1995)
* Appointed Ökonomierat (2000)
* Vice-Chair, EPP-ED Group working party on agricultural and budgetary issues (since 2003)
* Chair, Austrian Association for Medicinal and Herbal Horticulture (since 1993)
* Chair, Waldviertel Specialist Growers' Association (since 2003)

Honours

* 1995: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria
* 1996: Silver Medal of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
* 1996: Leopold Figl Silver Medal
* 2005: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
* 2006: Gold Medal of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
* 2006: Gold Decoration of the Farmers Association from Lower Austria

External links

* [http://www.agnes-schierhuber.at/ Official website] (in German)
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/default.htm?language=EN European Parliament]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/groupAndCountry/view.do?partNumber=1&group=1533&country=AT&language=EN&id=2209 European Parliament biography]
* [http://www.epp-ed.eu/home/en/default.asp European People's Party]