'''Marianne Thyssen''' (born on [[24 July]] [[1956]] in [[Sint-Gillis-Waas]])
is a [[Politics of Belgium|Belgian]] [[politician]] and
[[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[Flanders]]
with the [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]/[[Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie|N-VA]],
a Vice-Chairwoman of the [[European People's Party]] and sits on
the [[European Parliament]]'s [[Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection]].

She is a substitute for the [[Committee on International Trade]], a member of the
Delegation to the [[EU]]-[[Ukraine]] Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a
substitute for the Delegation to the [[EU]]-[[Turkey]] Joint Parliamentary Committee.
==Education==
* 1979: [[Degree]] in [[law]] (Catholic [[University of Louvain]] (KUL))
* [[Assistant]] in the faculty of law, Catholic [[University of Louvain]]
* Legal [[assistant]] in the office of the State Secretary for Health
* Successively legal adviser, head of a research department and acting Secretary-General at UNIZO (organisation for the self-employed and small and medium-sized businesses)

==Career==
* since 1991: [[Member of the European Parliament]]
* Member of the bureau of the European People's Party
* Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group's SME Circle
* First [[Deputy]] [[Mayor]] of [[Oud-Heverlee]]

''See also:'' [[European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)]]
==External links==
* {{MEP website|user.online.be/marianne.thyssen| of Marianne Thyssen:}}
* {{EP MEP info/6th term|1832|of Marianne Thyssen}}
* {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|1832_18-07-2004.PDF|nl}}

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[[Category:Members of the European Parliament from Belgium|Thyssen, Marianne]]
[[Category:Members of the EPP-ED Group from Belgium|Thyssen, Marianne]]
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