Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (born 27 July 1945, in

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

) is a Spanish politician and member of the

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(PSOE). She was until 2009 a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

, where she was a vice-chair of the Socialist Group and sat on the

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and the

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. Her husband

Enrique Casas Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Du ...

was assassinated by the

Comandos Autónomos Anticapitalistas The Comandos Autónomos Anticapitalistas (CAA or CCAA) (; "Autonomous Anticapitalist Commandos") were a Basque people, Basque armed group in Spain with Autonomism, Autonomist Marxist politics, defined as an anarchism, anarchistic breakaway of ETA ...

(CAA) in 1984.Luis R. Aizpeolea.
15 tiros y 25 años después
�. ''El País''.

Education

* 1971: Graduate in

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

of the

University of Uppsala Uppsala University (UU) () is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially founded in the 15th century, the university rose to s ...

(Sweden) * 1973: Language teacher in

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Career

* 1974-1978: Lecturer at the

University of Erlangen–Nuremberg The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (, FAU) is a Public University, public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich-Alexander is derived from the university's first ...

* 1978-1987: Language teacher at the Usandizaga Institute and the German School (

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) * 1995: Chair of the Board of the German School in San Sebastian * 1999: Member of the executive committee of the

Socialist Party of Euskadi - Euskadiko Ezkerra Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

* since 1987: Member of the

* 1989-1994: Socialist coordinator on the Committee on Culture and Education * 1994-1999: Vice-chairwoman of the Committee on Budgets * 1995: Awarded the ''Mujer Progresista'' prize

Decorations

* Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit of the

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* * 1945 births Living people Politicians from Hanover Uppsala University alumni MEPs for Spain 1987–1989 MEPs for Spain 1989–1994 MEPs for Spain 1994–1999 MEPs for Spain 1999–2004 MEPs for Spain 2004–2009 20th-century women MEPs for Spain 21st-century women MEPs for Spain Spanish people of German descent Spanish Socialist Workers' Party MEPs {{Spain-MEP-stub

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