Dagmar Roth-Behrendt

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Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (born 21 February 1953, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German lawyer who served as Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the SPD ticket and sat with the Party of European Socialists group.

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Political career

Roth-Behrendt was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2014. From 2004 until 2007 and from 2009 to 2012 she served as one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, first under the leadership of President Josep Borrell and later Jerzy Buzek.

Throughout her time in parliament, Roth-Behrendt served on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 1997, she chaired the temporary committee of inquiry into the European Commission's dealing with a BSE outbreak. [1] She later served as rapporteur on the EU medical device regulation. [2] [3]

In addition to her committee assignments, Roth-Behrendt was part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand from 1994 until 2004. In 2013, she was one of six candidates for the post of European Ombudsman; the role eventually went to Emily O’Reilly instead. [4]

Life after politics

Since 2015, Roth-Behrendt has been serving as Special Adviser to Development Cooperation to European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis on reforming the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). [5] [6] In 2016, she was also appointed to the Commission's Independent Ethical Committee. [7] [8]

Recognition

Personal life

Roht-Behrendt is married to former European Commission official Horst Reichenbach.

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References

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  2. Dave Keating (October 22, 2013), MEPs back stricter scrutiny of medical implants European Voice .
  3. Ben Hirschler (June 26, 2013), Industry fears investment drain as EU weighs new medtech rules Reuters .
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  6. Simon Taylor (March 9, 2015), European Commission special advisers European Voice .
  7. Commission decision: Appointments to the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee 2016 - C(2016) 4507 European Commission, 11 July 2016.
  8. Quentin Ariès (February 28, 2017), Watchdog to investigate handling of Barroso’s Goldman move Politico Europe .