Harald Ettl (born 7 December 1947 in

Gleisdorf Gleisdorf is a town in the district of Weiz in the Austrian state of Styria. Geography Gleisdorf lies about 25 km east of Graz in the valley of the Raab Sister cities * Winterbach im Remstal (near Stuttgart, since 1961) * Nagykanizsa (Hunga ...

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

) is an Austrian politician who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

from 1996 until 2009. He is a member of the

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, which is part of the

Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a social democratic and progressive European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties from all member states of the European Union (EU) plus Norway and the United Kingdom ...

. During his time in Parliament, Ettle served on the

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. He was also a substitute for the

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) is a committee of the European Parliament which is responsible for the regulation of financial services, the free movement of capital and payments, taxation and competition policies, oversight ...

, a member of the delegation to the EU–

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Joint Parliamentary Committee, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the

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countries.

Education

* 1968: Diploma from higher technical education institute

Career

* 1969-1971: Technical employee * 1971-1973:

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secretary * Secretary-General (1973-1984) and President (1984-2000) of the Textile, Clothing and Leather Workers' Union * since 2000: Vice-President of the Metal and Textile Union * since 2004: Vice-President of the International Textile, Clothing and Leather Workers' Association * 1978-1989: Vice-Chairman of the General Accident Insurance Institution ( AUVA) * 1978-1989: Chairman of the accident insurance committee, Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions * 1987-1999: Chairman of the EU Committee, Austrian Federation of Trade Unions * 1989-1992: Federal Minister for Health, the Public Service,

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and

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* 1993-2001: Chairman of the Consumer Information Association * 1995-1996: Member of the

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of the European Communities * 1996-2009:

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* * 1947 births Living people Social Democratic Party of Austria MEPs MEPs for Austria 1999–2004 MEPs for Austria 1996–1999 MEPs for Austria 2004–2009 {{Austria-MEP-stub