Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (born 21 February 1953, in
Frankfurt am Main
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) is a German lawyer who served as
Member of the European Parliament
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. She was elected on the
SPD
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ticket and sat with the
Party of European Socialists
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group.
Political career
Roth-Behrendt was a member of the European Parliament from
1989
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to
2014
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. From 2004 until 2007 and from 2009 to 2012 she served as one of the 14
Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament
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, first under the leadership of
President
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Josep Borrell
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and later
Jerzy Buzek
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.
Throughout her time in parliament, Roth-Behrendt served on the
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 1997, she chaired the temporary committee of inquiry into the European Commission's dealing with a
BSE
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outbreak. She later served as
rapporteur
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on the
EU medical device regulation
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.
In addition to her committee assignments, Roth-Behrendt was part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand from 1994 until 2004. In 2013, she was one of six candidates for the post of
European Ombudsman
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; the role eventually went to
Emily O’Reilly instead.
Life after politics
Since 2015, Roth-Behrendt has been serving as Special Adviser to Development Cooperation to
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
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Vytenis Andriukaitis
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on reforming the
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
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(DG SANTE). From 2016 to 2022, she also served on the Commission's Independent Ethical Committee.
[Sarah Wheaton (21 July 2022)]
Revolving door jam
''Politico Europe
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''.
Recognition
* 2009 –
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Personal life
Roht-Behrendt is married to former European Commission official Horst Reichenbach.
References
External links
Web site (in German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roth-Behrendt, Dagmar
1953 births
Living people
Social Democratic Party of Germany MEPs
MEPs for Germany 1999–2004
MEPs for Germany 2004–2009
MEPs for Germany 2009–2014
20th-century women MEPs for Germany
21st-century women MEPs for Germany
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany