Background
Ferber, Markus was born on January 15, 1965 in Augsburg, Federal Republic Germany.
Member of the European Parliament politician
Ferber, Markus was born on January 15, 1965 in Augsburg, Federal Republic Germany.
1990: Degree in electrical engineering.
1990: Degree in electrical engineering
1990-1992: Development engineer at Siemens in Munich
1992-1994: Engineer in the marketing department of Pfister in Augsburg
since 1999: Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) district chairman of the Augsburg region
2003-2005: Deputy District Chairman of the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) in Swabia
since 2005: District Chairman of the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) in Swabia
1990-1999: Town councillor in Bobingen
since 1999: Chairman of the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) European Affairs Group
since 2000: Regional Chairman of the Bavaria Europa-Union
Prior to that, he served on the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy between 1994 and 1997. In early 2014, the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) chose Ferber to lead the party list for the 2014 European elections. He was replaced as leader of the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) MEPs by Angelika Niebler following the party’s poor showing in the elections.
Amid the 2012 Romanian constitutional crisis, which had been sparked by a dispute between President Traian Băsescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Ferber said he would initiate the suspension of Romania in the European Council for "lack of minimum standards functioning the legal state."
Hanns Seidel Foundation, Deputy Chairman of the Board
Bundesverdienstkreuz.
A member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria and of the Bureau of the European People"s Party, Ferber is currently a Vice-Chair of the European Parliament"s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on which he has been serving since 2009. In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel"s Christian Democrats (Christian Democratic Union together with the Bavarian Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union)) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany following the 2013 German elections, Ferber was part of the Christian Democratic Union/Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) delegation in the working group on banking regulation and the Eurozone, led by Herbert Reul and Martin Schulz.
Since 1996: Member of Augsburg district council
Member of the European Parliament, 1994–present
He is also a full member of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect and a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. In addition, he serves as a member of the European Parliament"s Sky and Space Intergroup (Supplemental Security Income). In his capacity as member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Ferber led the negotiations on an update of securities trading rules, known as Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), for the European Parliament from 2012 to 2013.
Previously, Ferber was a member of the Committee on Budgets between 1999 and 2009 as well as of the Committee on Budgetary Control between 2004 and 2009.
Sparkassenverband Bayern, Member of the Advisory Board
Kreissparkasse Augsburg, Member of the Supervisory Board
Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Member of the Board of Trustees.