ENCIU Ioan (S&D / RO) Manager, Administrative Sciences Graduate, Faculty of Hydrotechnics, Institute of Construction, Bucharest (1976); Graduate, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest (2003). Head of section, assistant head of brigade, SOCED, Bucharest (1976-1990); Executive Director, SC ACRO SRL, Bucharest (1990-1992); Executive Director, SC METACC SRL, Bucharest (1992-1996); Director of Production, SC CASTOR SRL, Bucharest (1996-1997); Assistant Director-General, SC ACRO SRL, Bucharest (1997-2000); Consultant, SC GKS Special Advertising SRL (2004-2008); Consultant, SC Monolit Lake Residence SRL (2008-2009). Vice-President, Bucharest branch, Romanian Party of Social Solidarity (PSSR) (1992-1994); Member of National Council, Bucharest branch Council and Sector 1 Executive, Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSDR) (1994-2000); Member of National Council, Bucharest branch Council and Bucharest branch Executive and Vice-President, Bucharest branch, Social Democratic Party (PSD) (2000-present). Local councillor, Sector 1, Bucharest (1996-2000); Councillor, Bucharest Municipal Council (2000-2001); Deputy Mayor of Bucharest (2000-2004); Councillor, Bucharest Municipal Council (2004-2007). ABELA BALDACCHINO Claudette (S&D / MT) Journalist Diploma in Social Studies (Women and Development) (1999); BA (Hons) in Social Administration (2005). Public Service Employee (1992-1996); Senior Journalist, Newscaster, presenter and producer for Television, Radio and newspaper' (1995-2011); Principal (Public Service), currently on long unpaid leave (2009-2013). President of the Local Government Section and Member of the Administration, Partit Laburista (2009-2011); Member of the Executive Committee, Partit Laburista; International Secretary, Women's Section, Partit Laburista; Secretary, Qrendi Local Committee, Labour Youth Section - Qrendi (1998-2011). Vice-President, PES Group in the Committee of the Regions; appointed by the PES Group in the CoR as Coordinator of the PES manifesto for the 2009 European Parliament elections; Vice-President, Socialist Group, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (2009-2013). Councillor and subsequently Deputy Mayor, Qrendi Local Council (1996-2013). Member and subsequently Vice-President, Local Councils Association (2005-2013); two terms of office as President, Regjun Xlokk (2005-2009); President, Regjun Nofsinhar (2009-2013). Member, Committee of the Regions (2005-2013); Rapporteur for the opinion 'Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men 2006-2010' (2006); Rapporteur for the opinion on the Communication from the European Commission and Directive to the Council on non- discrimination (2009). Member, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe; Rapporteur for the opinion on 'General Services of Interest in Rural Areas' (2005-2013). AGNEW John Stuart (EFD / GB) Farmer 1969 - 1971 Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester 1971 - 1974 Assistant farm manager 1975 - 1976 Soil and water conservation officer, Rhodesia, and call-up reserve for the Rhodesian Army 1977 - 1983 Farm manager 1983 - 2014 Farmer 2000 - 2009 Norfolk Delegate to the National Farmers Union HQ Council 1998 - 1998 County Chairman, Norfolk Branch, National Farmers Union 2009 - 2014 Member of the European Parliament 2014 - 2014 Member of the European Parliament ALBRECHT Jan Philipp (Verts/ALE / DE) Lawyer 2003 - 2008 Humboldt University, Berlin 2008 - 2009 University of Hanover 4/2006 - 10/2006 Researcher, Humboldt University, Berlin 2010 - 2014 Assistant lecturer in information technology law at the University of Vienna 2006 - 2008 Federal Green Youth Association spokesperson 2014 EPIC International Privacy Champion Award ALFANO Sonia (ALDE / IT) Sicily Regional Government Official, member of the 'ALBA' trade union, disaster manager and emergency relief coordinator. Chair of the National Association for the Families of Mafia Victims (since 2008). Works published include: Ammazzate Beppe Alfano ('Kill Beppe Alfano') (2005), Solidarietà ad Personam, le vittime scelte ('Personal solidarity - the chosen victims) (2005), Filippo Basile, un dirigente regionale prematuramente scomparso ('Filippo Basile, the premature death of a regional manager') (2004), La Zona Ombra. La lezione di mio padre ucciso dalla mafia e abbandonato dallo Stato (Shadowland. Lessons from a father assassinated by the Mafia and renounced by the state) (2011). ALFONSI François (Verts/ALE / FR) ALLAM Magdi Cristiano (EFD / IT) ALVARO Alexander (ALDE / DE) Lawyer, bank employee Qualification in banking (1997). State law examination (2004). Member, Federal Executive, FDP Youth Section (2000-2005); member of the Federal Executive of the FDP (since 2003). Member of the European Parliament, home affairs spokesman, ALDE Group (2004-2009). Member, Bureau, FDP (since 2011). ALVES Luís Paulo (S&D / PT) Company manager Graduate in business organisation and management (1989); Executive officer at the SRHOP research unit (1989); Executive officer at the Court of Auditors (1990); Manager of Unileite (1991-2009). Vice-President of the Academic Association of the University of the Azores (1984); Youth delegate for the Azores at the election of Mário Soares to the Presidency (1986); Azores delegate at the European Parliament elections for Paulo Casaca (1999 and 2004). Member of the supervisory board of the Caixa de Crédito Agrícola dos Açores (2007). Member of the Azores Regional Assembly (2000-2009). ANDERSDOTTER Amelia (Verts/ALE / SE) ANDERSON Martina (GUE/NGL / GB) First Class Social Science Honours Degree (1996). Political Researcher (1999-2002); Sinn Féin All Ireland Coordinator (2002-2006); Sinn Féin Director of Unionist Engagement (2006-2007). Member of the Legislative Assembly and Member of the Policing Board (2007-2011); Junior Minister in the office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (2011-2012). ANDREASEN Marta (ECR / GB) Certified Public Accountant (1978); Economist (1987); Babson College Consortium for executive Development (1993). Auditor Price Waterhouse (1977/1982); Finance Manager and Regional Finance Director ( Multinational companies: Townsend, Lotus Development, Witco, Rockwell Automation (1982/1998). Official at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development-Head of Accounting (1998); Chief Accounting Officer and Budget Execution Director at the European Commission ( 2002). Treasurer of the United Kingdom Independence Party ( 2007). Awards: “Frode Jakobsen” award (Denmark 2003); Accountancy Age “Personality of the Year” award (United Kingdom 2003); Certified Fraud Examiners Association “Corporate Sentinel” award (USA 2004). ANDRÉS BAREA Josefa (S&D / ES) Diploma in nursing (1978). Civil servant (1991). Master's degree in Quality Control (1993). Assistant health inspector (1991). Councillor (1977). Member of the UGT Executive Committee (1980). Member of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation in Valencia (1984). Cultural cooperation with the people of Cuba (1988). Independent member, spokeswoman for the Justice and Public Administration Commit tee in the Regional Parliament of Valencia (1997). ANDRIEU Eric (S&D / FR) 1979 Baccalaureate D (Mathematics and Natural Sciences) 1985 State Certificate for Youth Activity Leaders (DEFA) 1986 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute (IAM) 1986 - 1988 Inter-municipal development officer 1989 - 1990 Research officer 1991 - 1993 Special adviser on inter-municipal activities 1994 - 2006 Local development consultant 2005 - 2014 First federal secretary for the Aude branch of the Socialist Party 2009 - ... Member of the Socialist Party national council and national bureau 1995 - 2014 Mayor (1995-2012), then member of the municipal council (2012-2014), of Villerouge Termenès 1990 - 2012 Chair of the Massif de Mouthoumet district development agency (1990-2000), then Member of the Massif de Mouthoumet Inter-municipal Council (2000-2012) 1988 - 2004 Member/Vice-Chair of Aude Departmental Council (1994-2004) 2004 - ... Member/Vice-Chair of Languedoc Roussillon Regional Council (2004-2010 and since 2014) 1999 - 2012 Chair of the Pays Corbières Minervois Association 2010 - 2012 Chair of the Corbières Minervois local action group 1998 - 2008 Chair of Unadel (National Union of Local Development Officers and Organisations) 2008 - ... Member of the Unadel board French Order of Agricultural Merit ANDRIKIENĖ Laima Liucija (PPE / LT) Scientist, politician Degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Vilnius (1980); Doctorate in Economics (1986). Associate Professor (2004). Fellowships at Manchester University, UK (1988-1989) and Georgetown University, Washington DC (1996). Engineer at the Computing Centre of the Lithuanian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (1980-1983), Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute (1983-1989). Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania (1989-1990). Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science of the Law University of Lithuania, Director of the Institute of EU Policy and Management, Dean of the Faculty of Public Management (2002-2004). Member of the Lithuanian Supreme Council - Reconstituent Seimas (Parliament), Signatory of the Act of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, member of the Committee on Budgets (1990-1992); Member of the Parliament (Seimas) of the Republic of Lithuania (1992- 2000), member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (1992-2000), Vice-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2000), member of the Committee on European