Bárbara Dührkop

is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), a Vice-Chairwoman of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Budgetary Control.

Education

• 1971: Graduate in humanities of the University of Uppsala (Sweden)
• 1973: Language teacher (Hamburg)

Career

• 1974–1978: Deputy Chair of the Erlangen-Nürnberg University
• 1978–1987: Language teacher at the Usandizaga Institute and the German School (San Sebastian)
• 1995: Chair of the Board of the German School in San Sebastian
• 1999: Member of the Executive Committee of the Basque Socialist Party
• since 1987: Member of the European Parliament
• 1989–1994: Socialist coordinator on the Committee on Culture and Education
• 1994–1999: Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Budgets
• 1995: Awarded the 'Mujer Progresista' prize

Decorations

• Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit of the Republic of Austria

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)

External links

• European Parliament biography of Bárbara Dührkop
• Declaration of financial interests (in Spanish; PDF file)