Ms. Lunacek Ulrike MEP

Ms. Ulrike Lunacek is currently Member of the European Parliament. In this position she is member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Spokesperson of the Greens/ EFA on Foreign Affairs, Rapporteur for Kosovo, Member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, Member of the Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia and Co-President of the LGBT Intergroup of the European Parliament. Furthermore she is Vice-Chair of the Green Parliamentary Group in Austria.

Ms. Lunacek studied English-Spanish-German for the interpreter's degree at the University of Innsbruck, where she graduated with Maga. Phil. (B.A.) in 1983. Between 1983 and 1995 she gathered professional experience as interpreter, journalist and project coordinator in NGO's on development cooperation, feminist and LGBT policies. From 1996-1998 she was Secretary General of the Austrian Greens, became Member of the Austrian Parliament in 1999, and from 2006 till 2009 was Co-Chair of the European Green Party.