Education
1991: Second state examination in medicine.
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Peter Liese
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Liese sits on the European Parliament"s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In this capacity, he was responsible for writing a report on including aviation within the European Union Emission Trading Scheme. In 2014, he supported Françoise Grossetête’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.
Between 2000 and 2001, he served on the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee on Human Genetics and Other New Technologies in Modern Medicine.
1991: Second state examination in medicine
1989-1992: Graduated as doctor at the Institute of Humane Genetics of the University of Bonn
until 1994: Ward doctor in Paderborn children"s hospital
since 1994: Doctor in general practuice and internist
1991-1997: District Chairman of the Junge Union
1994-1999: Vice-Chairman of the Young Group
1994-1999: Rapporteur for the working party on bioethics and biotechnology.
Politics
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of 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 federal elections, he was part of the Christian Democratic Union delegation in the working group on consumer protection.
Membership
He is also a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and a substitute for the Delegation to the European Union-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee. In addition, Liese serves as member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Countryside, Hunting and Recreational Fisheries. Previously, he was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity.
A member of the EPP Working Group on Bioethics and Human Dignity, Liese is known for his work on a human cells and tissues directive and conservative stance on stem cell research.
Since 2012, Liese has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union leadership under the party’s chairwoman, Chancellor Angela Merkel. Former member of the Land executive of the Young Union, North Rhine-Westphalia
Member of the Land executive of the Christian Democratic Union, North Rhine-Westphalia
1989-1994: Member of Bestwig local council
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since 1997: Member of the central committee of German Catholics.
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Christian Democratic Union