26 Facts About Marlene Lenz

Marlene Lenz was born on 4 July 1932 and is a German Christian Democratic Union of Germany politician and translator who served four terms as a Member of the European Parliament in the European Parliament from 1979 to 1999.

Marlene Lenz worked for the French Europa League, the German Atlantic Society, the European Economic Community's European Commission and was secretary-general and later vice-president of the European Union of Women.

On 4 July 1932, Marlene Lenz was born in Berlin, the second of four children of the lawyer Otto Marlene Lenz and his wife Marieliese, Pohl.

Marlene Lenz went on to study economics and languages at Heidelberg University between 1951 and 1953, graduating as a certified translator in English and French.

Marlene Lenz worked professionally at the German Atlantic Society in Bonn from 1956 to 1958, the European Economic Community's European Commission in Brussels during the cabinet of Jean Rey between 1958 and 1963 and was then a clerk in the General Directorate for Foreign Relations from 1966 to 1968.

In 1968, Marlene Lenz joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany's federal office as a women's officer and had the responsibility for the publication of the magazine Frau und Politik for the CDU's women's association for several years.

Marlene Lenz was secretary-general of the European Union of Women between 1968 and 1971 and was its vice-president from 1977 to 1983.

Marlene Lenz was employed as a consultant in the CDU's Office for Foreign Relations in 1972 and was a research assistant to the inquiry commission Women and Society in the Bundestag.

Marlene Lenz was one of twelve German woman politicians to gain election to the European Parliament at the election.

Marlene Lenz was a member of the European People's Party Group.

Marlene Lenz was a member of the Committee on External Economic Relations, the Political Affairs Committee and the Delegation for relations with Cyprus and was vice-chair of the Committee of inquiry into the Situation of Women in Europe during her first term.

Marlene Lenz gained reelection to the West Germany constituency of the European Parliament at the 1984 European Parliament election in West Germany.

Marlene Lenz continued to serve as a member of the Political Affairs Committee but became a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South America, the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and the Contadora Group.

Marlene Lenz was a substitute of both the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and the Committee on External Economic Relations and was vice-chair of the Committee on Women's Rights from 26 July 1984 to 20 January 1987.

Marlene Lenz was reelected to a third term in the European Parliament at the 1989 European Parliament election in West Germany.

Marlene Lenz continued to be a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South America, the Committee on Women's Rights, the Political Affairs Committee but was now on the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security.

Marlene Lenz was a substitute of each of the Delegation to the EC-Finland Joint Parliamentary Committee, the Delegation to the EU-Finland Joint Parliamentary Committee, the Delegation for relations with Finland and the Committee on External Economic Relations.

Marlene Lenz gained her fourth term in the European Parliament at the 1994 European Parliament election in Germany.

Marlene Lenz was a member and later chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights.

Marlene Lenz was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, the Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy.

Marlene Lenz was a substitute on each of the Committee on External Economic Relations, the Committee on Institutional Affairs, the Committee on Women's Rights, the Delegation for relations with Lithuania and the Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Marlene Lenz was on the ZDK's Commission 10 "Europe" for multiple years.

Marlene Lenz worked for the CDU's Bonn district association, working as its deputy chair of the district women's association in Bonn and was a member of the board of the state women's association of the Rhineland.

Marlene Lenz was a campaigner for compensatory measures for Bonn.

In 1994, Marlene Lenz authored Der Weg der Frau in der Politik.

In 1990, Marlene Lenz was appointed Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and was upgraded to the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany nine years later.