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28 Othmar KARAS Born on 24 December 1957, Ybbs Member: • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs • Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis • Delegation for relations with Canada Substitute: • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection • Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 • Delegation for relations with Japan • Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Curriculum vitae: • Mag. phil. (1996). Master of European and International Business Law (MBL), University of St. Gallen (1997). Manager in the banking and insurance sector (1981-1995). Assistant Secretary-General of Bundesländer Versicherung • Federal president of the Union of Students (1976-1979). Political adviser to the ÖVP (1979-1980). First Vice-Chairman of the Austrian Federal Youth Association (1980-1990). Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP (1981-1990). Member of the national executive of the ÖVP (1981-1991). Secretary-General of the ÖVP (1995-1999). President of the Austrian Aid Organisation (since 1998). First Vice-President of Hilfswerk Austria (since 1998). Vice-President of the Young European Christian- Democrats (EUJCD) (1981-1990). Member of the EPP Bureau and Council (since 1995). Member of the steering committee of the European Democratic Union (EDU) (since 1995). Member of the board of the Austrian Association of Graduates. Member of the Land and federal executives of the Austrian Workers’ and Employees’ Association (ÖAAB). • Member of the Nationalrat (1983-1990). • Member of the European Parliament (since 1999). • Vice-President of the Political Academy. Vice-President of the Friedrich Funder Institute. Ioannis KASOULIDES Ioannis Kasoulides was born on the 10th of August 1948 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He studied medicine at the University of Lyon in France and specialised in geriatrics in London. Ioannis Kasoulides served the centre-right wing party Democratic Rally from various posts including the post of the President of the Youth Organization of the Party. In 1991 he was elected as an MP in the House of Representatives of Cyprus. In March 1993 he was appointed as the Government’s Spokesman where he served until April 1997, when he was appointed Foreign Minister until the end of term of Clerides administration in 2003. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides leaded the diplomatic attempt that marked the beginning, the process and the completion of the process of integration of Cyprus in the EU. In June 2004 Ioannis Kasoulides was elected for the first time as a Member of the European Parliament. A full Member in the Committee on Foreign Affairs and substitute in the Transport and Tourism Committee, Ioannis Kasoulides served in various other positions including the Presidency of the ad hoc Delegation for the Human Rights in Western Sahara. In June 2009 Ioannis Kasoulides was re-elected as a Member of the European Parliament. Shortly afterwards he was elected by his EPP colleagues as Vice Chairman of the Group in the European Parliament, responsible for external affairs. European Ideas Network
Bichara KHADER European Ideas Network Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s Bichara Khader majored in political, economic, and social science, graduating from the Catholic University of Louvain in 1969. He earned his Masters degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Centre the following year. In 1978, he was awarded his PhD in political, economic, and social science from the Catholic University of Louvain, where he went on to become Director of Studies and Research on the Contemporary Arab World and professor in the faculty of political, economic, and social science. Khader has been a member of the Group of High Experts on the PESC (European Commission 1998-2000), and a member of the Groupe des Sages for cultural Euro-Mediterranean dialogue (European presidency 2003-2004). He has written extensively on the Mediterranean, Middle East, and the Euro-Mediterranean relationship. Dimitri KONSTANTAKOPOULOS Born in Athens, Greece Studies: • Diploma of Physics, University of Athens • DEA on Information Processing, University of Rennes Main Posts: • Advisor at the Office of Prime Minister of Greece on East/West Relations and arms control, 1985/88 • Chief correspondent in Moscow for Athens News Agency, 1988/98 • Senior analyst and commentator for “Kosmos tou Ependiti”, Athens News Agency, “Epikaira” on Greek Foreign Policy, international politics, geopolitics Author of three books: • Soviet Secret Services and Greece, 1925-1949 (the Dimitrov archive), Nea Sinora, Athens 1993, in Greek • The kidnapping of Cyprus (the Annan Plan and US policy in Eastern Mediterranean), Livanis, Athens 2004, in Greek • Cyprus in a trap (Left in Cyprus and Greece and the National Question), Livanis, Athens, 2008, in Greek He has published extensively in various Greek, Russian and French reviews 29
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28<br />
Othmar KARAS<br />
Born on 24 December 1957, Ybbs<br />
Member:<br />
• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs<br />
• Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis<br />
• Delegation for relations with Canada<br />
Substitute:<br />
• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection<br />
• Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable <strong>European</strong><br />
Union after 2013<br />
• Delegation for relations with Japan<br />
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly<br />
Curriculum vitae:<br />
• Mag. phil. (1996). Master of <strong>European</strong> and International Business Law (MBL), University of St. Gallen (1997). Manager<br />
in the banking and insurance sector (1981-1995). Assistant Secretary-General of Bundesländer Versicherung<br />
• Federal president of the Union of Students (1976-1979). Political adviser to the ÖVP (1979-1980). First Vice-Chairman of the<br />
Austrian Federal Youth Association (1980-1990). Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP (1981-1990). Member of the national<br />
executive of the ÖVP (1981-1991). Secretary-General of the ÖVP (1995-1999). President of the Austrian Aid Organisation<br />
(since 1998). First Vice-President of Hilfswerk Austria (since 1998). Vice-President of the Young <strong>European</strong> Christian-<br />
Democrats (EUJCD) (1981-1990). Member of the EPP Bureau and Council (since 1995). Member of the steering committee<br />
of the <strong>European</strong> Democratic Union (EDU) (since 1995). Member of the board of the Austrian Association of Graduates.<br />
Member of the Land and federal executives of the Austrian Workers’ and Employees’ Association (ÖAAB).<br />
• Member of the Nationalrat (1983-1990).<br />
• Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament (since 1999).<br />
• Vice-President of the Political Academy. Vice-President of the Friedrich Funder Institute.<br />
Ioannis KASOULIDES<br />
Ioannis Kasoulides was born on the 10th of August 1948 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He studied<br />
medicine at the University of Lyon in France and specialised in geriatrics in London.<br />
Ioannis Kasoulides served the centre-right wing party Democratic Rally from various posts<br />
including the post of the President of the Youth Organization of the Party.<br />
In 1991 he was elected as an MP in the House of Representatives of Cyprus. In March 1993 he<br />
was appointed as the Government’s Spokesman where he served until April 1997, when he was<br />
appointed Foreign Minister until the end of term of Clerides administration in 2003. As Minister<br />
of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides leaded the diplomatic attempt that marked the beginning,<br />
the process and the completion of the process of integration of Cyprus in the EU.<br />
In June 2004 Ioannis Kasoulides was elected for the first time as a Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament.<br />
A full Member in the Committee on Foreign Affairs and substitute in the Transport and Tourism<br />
Committee, Ioannis Kasoulides served in various other positions including the Presidency of the ad hoc Delegation for the Human<br />
Rights in Western Sahara.<br />
In June 2009 Ioannis Kasoulides was re-elected as a Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament. Shortly afterwards he was elected by<br />
his EPP colleagues as Vice Chairman of the Group in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, responsible for external affairs.<br />
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