Karin Jöns (born 29 April 1953 in

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

) is a

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and former

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with the

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. During her time in parliament she was part of the Socialist Group and was on the

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. She was a substitute for the

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and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. She also was a member of the Delegation to the EU-

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, EU-

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and EU-

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Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with

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and

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Education

* 1977: Graduate in

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science and history * 1980: Graduate in Slavonic studies

Career

* 1976-1978: Freelance journalist * 1978-1980: editor attached to the Central Executive Committee of the ÖTV (Public Service, Transport and Communications Workers' Union) * 1981-1982:

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of the Senator for Federal Affairs of the

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* 1983-1986: head of the Bonn office of the Federal Republic's representative for cultural affairs under the Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation * 1986-1987: International and European affairs officer in the state chancellery of

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* 1987-1994: organisation and management of Bremen's office in

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for liaison with the European Union * since 1973: Member of the SPD * since 1998: Member of Bremen SPD Land Executive Committee * since 1994:

* Member of the United Service Sector Union ver.di (formerly the ÖTV and IG Medien (media workers' union)) * Member of the Workers' Welfare Association (AWO) * Member of Europa-Union Germany * Member of Amnesty International and Refugio e.V * Chairwoman of Nationales Forum Deutschland e.V * since 2000: within Europa Donna, the European Breast Cancer Coalition

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