Maria Badia i Cutchet (born 13 May 1947 in

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who served as a

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from 2004 until 2014. She is a member of the

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(PSOE), part of the

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. In parliament, Badia served on the

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and the Committee on International Trade. In addition to her committee assignments, Badia was a member of the Delegation for relations with the

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and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and the Industry, Research, and Energy committee. She was also a member of the

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Group at the

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Early life and education

Cutchet studied English Philology at the

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Career

Cutchet taught English at primary schools in

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until 1984. From 1985 until 1994, she served as the coordinator for the First

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(PSC)-PSOE Secretariat. After that, she became the international relations coordinator for the PSOE, and then in 1996 became the Secretariat of the President of the Catalan Parliament. In 2000, she was elected to the board of the PSC, where she serves secretary for European and international policy - a role she was re-elected to in 2004 and 2008. In 2004, she was elected to the parliament of the

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, and was re-elected in 2009. In 2009, she was the top candidate for the PSC and was also elected vice president of the Group of Alliance of Socialist & Democrats.

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(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Badia, Maria 1947 births Living people Socialists' Party of Catalonia politicians Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni Socialists' Party of Catalonia MEPs MEPs for Spain 2004–2009 MEPs for Spain 2009–2014 21st-century women MEPs for Spain

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