Riitta Myller is a Finnish politician

Politics of Finland

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 and former Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland

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, which is part of the Party of European Socialists

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, and sat on the European Parliament

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's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

She was also a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States

Arab states of the Persian Gulf

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, including Yemen

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, and a substitute for the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

Myller was a member from January 1995 to July 2009.

Career

• Master's degree in social sciences
• Freelance journalist, Yleisradio (1983-1987)
• Member, Joensuu Town Council (1980-1995)
• Member of Parliament (1987-1994)
• posts held in the Finnish Parliament
• member, Transport Committee (1987-1990 and 1991-1994)
• member, Grand Committee (1987-1990 and 1993-1994)
• member, Environment Committee (1991-1994)
• Member of the Finnish group in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (1990-1994)
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1995)
• Vice-chairwoman of the PSE Group (1997-2004)
• Member, EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-2004) and substitute member (1995-1999)
• substitute member, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (1999-2004)
• substitute member, Temporary Committee of Inquiry into BSE (1997)
• substitute member, Temporary Committee on Human Genetics (2001-2002)
• member, Temporary Committee on Improving Safety at Sea (2003-2004)
• member, Committee on Regional Policy (1995-1999)

External links

• Official website
• Photo journal by Myller about life as an MEP featured on the BBC News
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