Udo Bullmann
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Dr. Udo Bullmann, born on June 8, 1956 in Gießen (Germany
Germany
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), is a German social democratic politician. Since 1999 he has been a representative of the Party of European Socialists
Party of European Socialists
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 (PES) in the European Parliament
European Parliament
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, where he represents his constituency in Hessen.

Apprenticeship

Udo Bullmann studied political science
Political science
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, sociology
Sociology
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, public law
Public law
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, as well as economy
Economy
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. In 1988 he received the Dr .rer .soc degree. 1989 to 1996 he was a Research Assistant at the University of Giessen
University of Giessen
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. Concurrently he was a scholarship of the German Research Council from 1994 to 1997 and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Government at Strathclyde / Glasgow University from 1994 to 1998. Until being elected to the European Parliament in 1999, he was university lecturer and Jean-Monnet-Professor for Studies on European integration
European integration
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 at the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen.

Political career

Since his entry into the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social Democratic Party of Germany
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 (SPD) in 1979, he was mostly engaged for the Young-Socialists. He was also the chairman of the Hesse regional association of the Young-Socialists. In 1999 he got elected for the European Parliament. Since May 2003 he has been deputy chairman of the SPD-group in the European Parliament.

Committees and delegations

Dr. Bullmann’s political work focuses on economy and employment, The EU-Lisbon-Strategy, the European financial service sector, as well as development politics and regional policy
He is a member of the EP- Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
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, deputy member of the EP- Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
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 and deputy member in the parliamentary delegation for South Africa
South Africa
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. Moreover he is a member of Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the EU and the ACP
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
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 (African, Caribbean and Pacific states
ACP countries
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).

Memberships

  • http://www.udobullmann.de – official homepage
  • http://www.spd-europa.de - official of the social-democratic MEPs
  • http://www.verdi.de/ - official homepage of ver.di
  • http://www.europa-union.de/ - official homepage of the Europa-Union


See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Germany)
European Parliament election, 2004 (Germany)
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Germany was the election of MEP representing Germany constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. The vote was held on June 13, 2004....


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