Karin Jones (born April 29, 1953 , Kiel ) - Member of the European Parliament in 1994-2009. Senior Consultant at the European Center for Social Policy Policy - European Social Policy Strategies (EuSoPo). Since September 2009, a member of the federal government of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .
Biography
In 1977 she graduated from the University of Heidelberg with a degree in political science and history and in 1980 at the University of Mannheim passed the state exam in Slavic studies. From 1976 to 1980 - freelance journalist for several regional publications. From 1976 to 1980 - Editor at the General Directorate of the German Public Services and Transport Union (ÖTV).
In 1981 she moved to Bonn , where until 1982 she worked as a spokeswoman for the Senator for the Federal Affairs of Bremen . Then until 1986 she headed the office of the Commissioner for Cultural Relations of Germany and France.
In 1997, she worked as an assistant in international and European affairs at the State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westafalia in Dusseldorf. Then she was entrusted with the creation of a representative office of the free Hanseatic city of Bremen in Brussels.
Karin Jones has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 1973. From 1979 to 1980, he was a member of the district board of the SPD in Heidelberg, and from 1998 he is a member of the land board of the SPD in Bremen.
from 1994 to 2009 Karin Jones was a member of the European Parliament, where she served on the Standing Committee on Employment and Social Policy, and also chaired the European Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer. Since 2007, she served as deputy chairman of the deputies of the European Parliament from the SPD and executive secretary of the parliament.
In 2001-2007 - President of the German branch of Europa Donna , the European Association for the fight against breast cancer. Since 2008, Karin Jones is a member of the Radio Bremen Broadcasting Council and the ARD Program Advisory Committee.