(Othmar) Karas - Hoofdinhoud

Othmar Karas is a member of the European Parliament since 20 July 1999 for the "Österreichische Volkspartei", which is aligned with the European People's Party. Karas is elected on behalf of Austria.

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  Manager in the banking and insurance sector, from 1981 until 1995
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  Assistant Secretary-General of Bundesländer Versicherung
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  Federal president of the Union of Students, from 1976 until 1979
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  President of the Austrian Aid Organisation, from 1998
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  Member of the board of the Austrian Association of Graduates
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  Member of the Land and federal executives of the Austrian Workers' and Employees' Association (ÖAAB)
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  Lecturer at the University of Vienna (Department of Political Science), from 2007
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  President of the Robert Schuman Institute, Budapest; Vice-President of the Robert Schuman Foundation
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  Member of the national executive of the ÖVP, from 1981 until 1991
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  Member of the Austrian Parliament, from 1983 until 1990
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  Secretary-General of the ÖVP, from 1995 until 1999
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  Member of the steering committee of the European Democratic Union (EDU), from 1995
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  Vice-President of the European Parliament, from 2012
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  member European Parliament, from 20 July 1999

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  Chair of the ÖVP Europe Club, from 2011

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  Political adviser to the ÖVP, from 1979 until 1980
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  Vice-President of the Young European Christian-Democrats (EUJCD), from 1981 until 1990
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  First Vice-Chairman of the Austrian Federal Youth Association, from 1980 until 1990
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  Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP, from 1981 until 1990
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  EPP-ED Group spokesman on economic affairs, from 2002 until 2004
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  Vice-President and Treasurer of the EPP-ED Group, from 2004 until 2011
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  Speaker and facilitator of the cross-party Citizens' Forum on Europe, 2020

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  Mag. phil., 1996
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  Master of European and International Business Law (MBL) University of St Gallen, 1997