'''Bernd Posselt''' (born on [[4 June]] [[1956]] in [[Pforzheim]])
is a [[Politics of Germany|German]] [[politician]] and
[[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[Bavaria]]
with the [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria]],
part of the [[European People's Party]] and sits on
the [[European Parliament]]'s [[Committee on Foreign Affairs]].

He is a substitute for the [[Committee on Culture and Education]] and a member of the
Delegation to the [[EU]]-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.
==Career==
* 1974-1976: Editorial assistant
* 1976-1978: Newspaper editor
* 1978-1994: Freelance journalist, parliamentary assistant, press spokesman and Europe correspondent for dailies and weeklies
* 1993-1997: Chairman of the München-Moosach CSU and District Vice-Chairman
* since 1993: Member of the Munich CSU District Executive
* since 2000: Member of the CSU Executive
* since 1996: Federal Vice-Chairman of the Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft
* since 1997: Regional chairman of the Union of Deportees, Bavaria

==Education==
* Founder (1975) and Federal Chairman (until 1990) of Paneuropa-Jugend Germany
* since 1976: Board Member of the international Paneuropa Union, responsible for Central and Eastern Europe
* since 1998: President of Paneuropa Union Germany
* since 1994: [[Member of the European Parliament]]
* 1999-2002: Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
* 2002-2004: Vice-Chairman of the [[EU]] - Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
* 1996-1998: Chair of the Intergroup on Minority Languages
* since 1996: Member of the diocesan council of the archdiocese of Munich
* since 1998: Member of the coordinating council of the German-Czech Dialogue Forum

==Decorations==
* 1999: Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany
* 1999: Pleter Order of the Republic of Croatia

''See also:'' [[European Parliament election, 2004 (Germany)]]
==External links==
* {{MEP website|www.bernd-posselt.de| of Bernd Posselt:}}
* {{MEP website|cdu-csu-ep.de| at the party:}}
* {{EP MEP info/6th term|2229|of Bernd Posselt}}
* {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|2229_17-01-2005.PDF|de}}

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