Gesine Meissner

Gesine Meissner (born 22 February 1952, Uelzen) is an MEP for Germany from Free Democratic Party since 14 July 2009.Gesine Meissner, Politische Arbeit, undated, accessed 02 April 2012. 
==Affiliations==
*Member, TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism
*Member, D-MX Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee
*Member, DLAT Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly 
*Substitute, DEVE Committee on Development
*Substitute, FEMM Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
*Substitute, D-UA Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
*Substitute, DEPA Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly 
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
(A) Occupation(s) during the three-year period before taking up office with the Parliament, and membership during that period of any boards or committees of companies, non-governmental organisations, associations or other bodies established in law:
*Member of Lover Saxony Landtag (income category 3)
*Board member, Ländlischen Erwachsenenbildung in Niedersachsen e.V.
*Chair of board, Marien-Petri Parish in Wennigsen
*Member of parish assembly Ronnenberg
*Member of parish board Ronnenberg
(D) Membership of any boards or committees of any companies, non-governmental organisations, associations or other bodies, or any other relevant outside activity, whether remunerated or unremunerated:
*Sozialkammer EDK (Evangelical Church in Germany)
*Board of Trustees, Kinderhospiz Löwenherz
*Board member, Albert-Schweitzer-Familienwerk
*DRK-Kinder-und-Jugend Stiftung, Hannover (German Red Cross)
*Board member, Ländlischen Erwachsenenbildung in NiedersachsenEuropean Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Gesine Meissner, 28 March 2012, accessed 02 April 2012.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
====Election Campaign 2009====
Gesine Meissner 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, Gesine Meissner, accessed 02 April 2012.
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==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
* Hotel manager (1975). State examination for vocational school teachers, secondary level II (English, ecotrophology) (1980). Receptionist, Englischer Garten guesthouse, Munich (1975-1976). Association for rural adult education in Lower Saxony (1980-1993); deputy director of the Association from 1984. Self-employed communication instructor (since 1993).
* Member of the FDP (since 1985). Vice-chair of Wennigsen Local Association (since 2002); member, Lower Saxony Regional Executive (since 2003); member of the Federal Executive of the FDP (since 2007); federal vice-chair of the FDP women's organisation (since 2008).
* Member of the ELDR Council (since 2008).
* Member, Lower Saxony Regional Assembly (2003-2009).
* Member, parochial church council of the Lutheran Church of St Mary and St Peter, Wennigsen (since 1999). Member of the board of the Albert Schweitzer Families Foundation (since 2008). Member of the Supervisory Board of the Löwenherz Children's Hospice Foundation (since 2009).
===Contact===	
:Address:
: Parlement européen
: Bât. Altiero Spinelli
: 10G116
: 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
: B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
:Phone:
: +32(0)2 28 45578
:Fax
: +32(0)2 28 49578
:Email:
:gesine.meissner AT europarl.europa.eu
:Website: 
:http://www.gesine-meissner.de 
==Resources==
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Gesine Meissner, accessed 02 April 2011.
*Gesine Meissner, Politische Arbeit, undated, accessed 02 April 2012.
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