Maria Berger (born 19 August 1956 in Perg , Upper Austria) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs .
She is also a substitute for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs , a member of the delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Canada.
Career
- Doctor of Law, Innsbruck University (1979)
- University assistant (1979-1984)
- Official at the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (1984-1988)
- Head of the European Integration Department of the Federal Chancellor's Office (1989-1993)
- Directorship post in the EFTA Surveillance Authority in Brussels (1993-1994)
- Vice-President of the University of Krems (1995-1996)
- Federal Chairman of the Young Generation in the SPÖ (1984-1987)
- Member of the Land party committee of the SPÖ in Upper Austria (since 2004)
- Member of the European Parliament (since 1996)
- Honorary medal of the International Mauthausen Committee, National Order of the Republic of Lithuania
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