Agnes Schierhuber is an Austrian politician

Politics of Austria

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 and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party

Austrian People's Party

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, which is part of the European People's Party

European People's Party

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Schierhuber has been a member of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 since 1995 and currently sits as a full member of the Agriculture and Rural
Development Committee. She is also part of the Delegation for relations with Canada. As a substitute member she sits on the 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
  OVP
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   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
  Federal Council of Austria
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   (1986-1996)
• Member of the European Parliament
  Member of the European Parliament
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   (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: Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
  Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
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   in Silver
• 1996: Silver Medal of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
• 1996: Leopold Figl Silver Medal
• 2005: Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
  Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
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   in Gold
• 2006: Gold Medal of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
• 2006: Gold Decoration of the Farmers Association from Lower Austria

External links

• Official website (in German
  German language
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• European Parliament
• European Parliament biography
• European People's Party