1974–1983
Doris Pack (born 18 March 1942,Schiffweiler) is a German politician,president of EPP Women,president of the Robert Schuman Institute and former Member of the European Parliament 1989–2014. She served as a member of the Bundestag 1974–1983 and 1985–1989. [1] She is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union,part of the European People's Party. Pack is the chair of the EU Committee on Culture and Education (since 2009). [2]
She is chair of the Franco-German Foundation for Cultural Cooperation,president of the European Children's Book Fair Association,member of the ZDF Television Council,president of the Saar Adult Education Association,vice-president of the European Movement on the Saar. She also is president of Women in the EPP and executive member of the European People's Party. She was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and of the Assembly of the Western European Union (1981–1983 and 1985–1989). She is chairwoman of the advisory board of A Soul for Europe.
She graduated from teaching college in 1965 and worked as a teacher in primary schools until 1974. From 1983 to 1985,she was employed by the Saarland Ministry of Education. In 2007 she got honoris causa doctorate at University of Zadar (Croatia).
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