1. From 2009 until 2017, Lunacek was a Member of the European Parliament.
18 Facts About Ulrike Lunacek
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Ulrike Lunacek was Kosovo rapporteur and co-president of the Intergroup on LGBTI Rights and Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Substitute in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
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In 2017, Ulrike Lunacek was the Greens' top candidate for the Austrian general election, in which the party suffered a historic defeat and failed to win a single seat in parliament for the first time since 1983.
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Ulrike Lunacek subsequently stepped down from all Austrian and EU political functions.
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From 1967 to 1975 Ulrike Lunacek attended high school in the second district of Vienna.
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In 1994 Ulrike Lunacek was NGO delegate at the UN International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and a year later from Vienna she coordinated the press work of Austrian NGOs participating at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
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Ulrike Lunacek is an avid swimmer, member of SC Diana Wien and was coorganizer of EuroGames 2024 held in Vienna.
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From 1999 to 2009, Ulrike Lunacek was a member of parliament and the Green group's spokeswoman on foreign and development policy as well as equality for lesbians, gays and transgender persons.
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On 5 May 2006 Ulrike Lunacek was elected co-chair of the European Green Party in Helsinki, a position she held for 3 years.
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On 14 July 2009 Ulrike Lunacek moved into the European Parliament as head of delegation of the Austrian Greens.
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In 2011, European Voice reported that Ulrike Lunacek, encouraged by aides to Catherine Ashton, had applied to become head of the EEAS's office in Kosovo, but was then told that, as a non-diplomat, she was not eligible.
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Ulrike Lunacek led EU-Election Observer Missions on numerous occasions, including for the 2013 Honduran general elections.
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Ulrike Lunacek served as one of the fourteen Vice Presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the president in presiding over the plenary.
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Ulrike Lunacek was a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.
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Ulrike Lunacek briefly served as State Secretary for Cultural Affairs in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in early 2020.
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In 2013, Ulrike Lunacek advocated for a non-binding resolution on "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights".
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On 27 April 2017, Ulrike Lunacek welcomed the release of Ramush Haradinaj, former leader of Albanian Liberation Army KLA.
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Ulrike Lunacek urged EU officials to pressure Serbia to withdraw its arrest warrants.