10 Facts About Karin Kadenbach

Karin Kadenbach was born on 19 April 1958 and is an Austrian politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019.

Karin Kadenbach is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Karin Kadenbach spent a school year at the Elmira Free Academy in New York, where she gained the American High-School Diploma.

Karin Kadenbach has five children and lives in Brussels and in Lower Austria.

From 1985 to 1994 Karin Kadenbach worked as secretary of the women group of the social democratic party in Lower Austria.

In 2001 Karin Kadenbach became member of the regional council of Lower Austria where she was responsible for health and environment in the provincial government for from 2007 to 2008.

Karin Kadenbach first became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2009 European elections.

From 2016 until 2017, Karin Kadenbach was a member of the Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector, which is in charge of investigating possible violations of European law in the measurement of emissions in the automotive sector.

From 2015 until 2019, Karin Kadenbach served as vice-president of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

In 2014, Karin Kadenbach supported Francoise Grossetete's proposal to establish a European Parliament Intergroup on Health for Citizens, including stakeholders such as the European Cancer Patients Association and the Organisation for European Cancer Institutes.