Charles Goerens
Charles Goerens | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 July 2009 | |
Constituency | Luxembourg |
Personal details | |
Born | Ettelbruck, Luxembourg | 6 February 1952
Political party | ![]() Democratic Party ![]() Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
Charles Goerens (born 6 February 1952) is a Luxembourgish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. He is a member of the Democratic Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[1]
Early career
He studied agricultural science before he was first elected to the northern district constituency as a member of the Democratic Party in 1979. From 1989 until 1994 he was its chairman.[2]
Political career
Goerens was a member of the European Parliament from 1982 to 1984, from 1994 to 1999, and again from 2009 to present.[3]
He served as Minister for Cooperation, Humanitarian Action, and Defence in the government of Jean-Claude Juncker from 7 August 1999 until 31 July 2004.[2] He also briefly served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 20 July 2004 until 31 July 2004. He lost these posts when Juncker had to form a new coalition government after the 2004 parliamentary elections.
Since 2009, Goerens has been serving as a member of the Committee on Development and of the Subcommittee on Human Rights. Following the 2019 European Parliament election, he also became a vice-chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
In addition to his committee assignments, Goerens is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights[4] and the MEPs Against Cancer group (since 2019).[5] He also co-chairs the cross-party Working Group on Fair Trade (sponsored by Fair Trade Advocacy).[6]
Other activities
- Friends of the Global Fund, Vice-Chair of the Board
- Fondation pour la construction de l'avenir du Luxembourg (FOCAL), Member of the Board
References
- ^ "Charles Goerens". ALDE. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Charles Goerens" (in French). Government of Luxembourg. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ "Your MEPs : Charles GOERENS". Europa. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.
- ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
- ^ Fair Trade housewarming at the European Parliament Archived 2018-01-10 at the Wayback Machine Fair Trade Advocacy, press release of 8 October 2014.
External links
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- ALDE-Fraktion im Europaparliament:Charles Goerens
- Europäisches Parliament:Charles Goerens
- Luxemburg: interview with Goerens as defence minister " "Die Lage ist ruhig, aber fragil". Der Verteidigungsminister über die Lage im Kosovo (german)
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Ettelbruck
- Ministers for Defence of Luxembourg
- Ministers for the Environment of Luxembourg
- Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg from Nord
- Democratic Party (Luxembourg) politicians
- Democratic Party (Luxembourg) MEPs
- MEPs for Luxembourg 1994–1999
- MEPs for Luxembourg 2009–2014
- MEPs for Luxembourg 2014–2019
- MEPs for Luxembourg 2019–2024
- Luxembourgian politician stubs
- Luxembourgian MEP stubs