Horst Posdorf (8 February 1949 in

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– 12 October 2017) was a German politician and 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 ...

(2005-2009). He was a member of the

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, which is affiliated with the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in the

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. He was a member of the

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and the delegation for relations with

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, including

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. He was also a substitute for the

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, the delegation for relations with the countries of

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and the

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, and the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Horst Posdorf earned a degree in mathematics in 1974. He worked as a probationary teacher in 1974 and 1975, as a teaching inspector in 1975, and as an academic employee at the computer center of

Ruhr University Bochum The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began in ...

from 1976 to 1978. He was senior teacher from 1978 to 1980 and has been a Professor of Mathematics at Dortmund Vocational College since 1981. He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration by the

University of Cambodia The University of Cambodia (often referred to as UC for short; km, សាកលវិទ្យាល័យកម្ពុជា, ''Sakâlvĭtyéalai Kămpŭchéa'') is a private university located on Northbridge Road in Sen Sok District, Phnom Pe ...

in 2008. Horst Posdorf was a member of the

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

Land Assembly from 1985 to 2000. He has been a member of the Executive of the European Pensioners Union since 2003 and a member of the SES Germany pensioners export service since 2005. In 1994 he received a Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon and in 2002 he received a Federal Order of Merit, First Class. Posdorf was one of six Members of the European Parliament participating in the European Union's observer mission in

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for the October 2007 Togolese parliamentary election."Arrivée à Lomé des députés européens"
, Republicoftogo.com, October 11, 2007 .

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European Parliament biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Posdorf, Horst 1949 births 2017 deaths MEPs for Germany 2004–2009 Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Christian Democratic Union of Germany MEPs Members of the Royal Order of Monisaraphon People from Aurich (district)