1. Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 2019.
21 Facts About Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is a member of the Christian Democratic Union in Lower Saxony, which is a part of the European People's Party.
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From 1974 to 1978 Quisthoudt-Rowohl continued researching at the Hannover Medical School.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl gave guest lectures at the University of Kaliningrad, at the European Business School and at Harvard University.
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In 1990 Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was a CDU board member in Lower Saxony.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is counted as one of the principal supporters of Angela Merkel's bid for Chancellorship in 2004.
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From 1990 to 1996 Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was a national board member of the Frauen Union for the CDU.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was assistant member of the European committee of the German Bundestag.
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From 1989 Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was a member of the European Parliament where she was one of the senior deputies for the CDU in the European Parliament with Elmar Brok and Karl-Heinz Florenz.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was a member of the executive board from 1997 to 2007 and was a member of the board of the EPP.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl holds the European ban on incandescent lamps for patronizing and undemocratic, because the parliament and the public were not involved.
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Ms Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was involved in the ceilings for the mobile phone fees in the EU.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl wants to strengthen small and medium enterprises by increasing participation in international trade and by an intensification of relations to the USA.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was involved in a new energy agreement between Russia and the EU.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was formally a member of the Committee on Development.
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From 1994 to 1999, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl was Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology.
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In June 2018, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl announced that she would not stand in the 2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.
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In 2011 Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl proposed changes to the Parliament's international trade committees guidelines for the rights of foreign investors under future EU trade deals that were said to be in line with industry demands.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is chairman of the advisory board of the Hildesheim Episcopal Foundation "Gemeinsam fur das Leben".
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is decorated with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is a native Dutch and French Speaker as well as completely fluent in German, she can speak English and Italian.