Pilar Ayuso González

María del Pilar Ayuso González (born 16 June 1942 in Badajoz) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the People's Party, part of the European People's Party.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. She is also a member of the Delegation for relations with Mercosur.

Education

• 1965: Agricultural engineer
• 1970: PhD in Agricultural Engineering
• Diploma in European Community studies
• Researcher, Director of agrarian research projects at the National Agrarian Research Institute in Madrid

Career

• 1996-1999: Director-General for Food Policy and Agri-food Industries, Ministry of Agriculture
• 1981-1984: Secretary of the PP National Committee on Agricultural Studies
• 1991-1996: Member of the Castile-La Mancha Regional Parliament for Ciudad Real
• Member of the National Executive Committee of the People's Party
• Member of the Executive Committee of the PP for Castile-La Mancha
• Member of the Ciudad Real Provincial Executive Committee of the PP
• Member of the European Union of Women and Vice-Chairwoman of the Association of Women for Democracy
• since 1999: Member of the European Parliament

Decorations

• Civil Order of Agricultural Merit

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)

External links

• Personal profile of Pilar Ayuso González in the European Parliament's database of members
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Spanish)