Hans-Gert Pöttering

Hans-Gert Pöttering (born 15 September 1945, Bersenbrück, Niedersachsen) is an MEP (1979- ) from Christian Democratic Union of Germany.European Parliament, MEP Directory: Hans-Gert Pöttering, accessed 02 December 2010.
==Affiliations==
===Parliamentary Affiliations===
:President:
:	16.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : European Parliament
:	16.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Parliament's Bureau
:	16.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Conference of Presidents
:Chair:
:	28.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament
:	20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
:	20.07.2004 / 15.01.2007 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
:	16.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
:Vice-Chair:
:	19.07.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)
:Member:
:	17.07.1979 / 23.07.1984 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)
:	20.07.1979 / 23.07.1984 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
:	11.04.1983 / 23.07.1984 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
:	24.07.1984 / 24.07.1989 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)
:	26.07.1984 / 20.01.1987 : Political Affairs Committee
:	12.02.1985 / 09.03.1986 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
:	10.03.1986 / 20.01.1987 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
:	21.01.1987 / 13.03.1989 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
:	21.01.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Political Affairs Committee
:	14.03.1989 / 24.07.1989 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
:	25.07.1989 / 18.07.1994 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)
:	26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Political Affairs Committee
:	15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security
:	15.01.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy
:	17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy
:	20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Conference of Presidents
:	21.07.1999 / 07.10.1999 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
:	06.10.1999 / 04.10.2000 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico
:	07.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
:	17.01.2002 / 03.02.2002 : Committee on Budgetary Control
:	07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea
:	20.07.2004 / 15.01.2007 : Conference of Presidents
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
:	16.01.2007 / 14.02.2007 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
:	16.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Conference of Delegation Chairmen
:	15.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
:	14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
:	16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Foreign Affairs
:	16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula
:Substitute:
:	26.07.1984 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
:	21.01.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
:	26.07.1989 / 14.05.1990 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
:	15.05.1990 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
:	15.01.1992 / 30.03.1992 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
:	25.02.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with the Gulf States
:	01.04.1992 / 13.09.1993 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs
:	11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with the Gulf States
:	01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with the Gulf States
:	21.07.1994 / 11.10.1995 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs
:	21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament
:	12.10.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament
:	16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	21.07.1999 / 17.11.1999 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
:	17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
:	15.09.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
:	16.07.2009 / 19.10.2010 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
:	16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
:	20.10.2010 / ... : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsEuropean Parliament, MEP Directory: Hans-Gert Pöttering, accessed 02 December 2010.
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Hans-Gert Pöttering, 14 January 2009, accessed 23 March 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
*Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amendment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
*Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
*Voted against the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
====Election Campaign 2009====
Hans-Gert Pöttering has not yet pledged to any of the four issues presented by the Election Campaign:
*to provide leadership in lobbying transparency and ethics,
*to provide leadership in reforming financial architecture,
*to promote a full-scale rethink of the EU trade policy,
*to promote corporate accountability.Election Campaign, Hans-Gert Pöttering, accessed 02 April 2012.
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==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*Studied law, politics and history at the universities of Bonn and Geneva and the Institut des Hautes Études Internationales (Geneva). 
*Studied at Columbia University, New York (1971). 
*Doctorate (1974). 
*Second state law examination (1976). 
*Academic employee (1976-1979). 
*Appointed lecturer at the University of Osnabrück (1989). 
*Honorary professor (1995).
*European policy spokesman, Young Union of Lower Saxony (1974-1980). 
*District Chair, Osnabrück CDU (since 1990). 
*Chairman, Lower Saxony Europa Union (1981-1991). 
*President of Europa Union Germany (since 1997). 
*Member, Executive Committee and Federal Executive, CDU Germany (since 1999). 
*EPP Vice-Chairman (since 1999).
*Member of the European Parliament (since 1979). 
*Chairman, EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament (since 1999). 
*Chairman, Subcommittee on Security and Defence (1992-1994).
*Chairman, Junge Union Friendship and Assistance Association, Osnabrück-Emsland.
*EPP Group Schuman Medal. 
*Grand Order of Merit, Germany. 
*Grand Decoration of the Republic of Austria. 
*European Honorary Senator. 
*Mérite Européen en or. 
*MEP of the Year for 2004: award by European Voice.
===Contact===	
:Address:
:Parlement européen
:Bât. Paul-Henri Spaak
:11B011
:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
:Phone:
:+32 (0)2 28 45769
:Fax
:+32 (0)2 28 49769
:Email:
:hans-gert.poettering AT europarl.europa.eu
:Website: 
:http://www.cdu-lkos.de/poettering
==Resources==
*European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Hans-Gert Pöttering, 14 January 2009, accessed 23 March 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Hans-Gert Pöttering, accessed 23 March 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Hans-Gert Pöttering, accessed 02 December 2010.
*Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 23 March 2009.
==Notes==
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