Angelika Werthmann
Angelika Werthmann was born 7 November 1963 in Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria. She is a Member of the European Parliament since 2009, representing Hans-Peter Martin's List in Austria.
Political Career[edit]
Werthmann is a member of the committee of petitions, the budget committee and part of the delegation for the relationship with south-Asian countries. Additionally, she is also a representative member of the committee for female rights and gender equality. Concerning her work in the budget committee, Angelika Werthmann’s main focus is in the areas economics, financial investments to reduce joblessness, education and mobility, life-long learning, health and the European globalisation adjustment fund. In her position as a member of the committee of petitions, Werthmann takes a stand for the human rights situation of many petitioners, Austrian and European alike. Her main focus lies on children, adolescents, visually impaired persons, people affected by “Ley de Costas” and environmental issues. Since fall 2009, Angelika Werthmann is part of the "'High-level contact group for Relations with the Turkish Cypriot Community in the Northern Part of the Island' (CYTR)" and supports the efforts made by the committee for missing persons towards, among others, the perception of human rights such as religious freedom in Cyprus. As of fall 2012, she is a representative member in the Switzerland, Norway and the EU-Iceland and EEA JPCs delegation. She was also a representative member of the delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia since summer in 2012.
Education[edit]
Werthmann studied philology at the Paris-Lodron University in Salzburg and received the title ‘Mag. phil.’ at the end of her studies. From 1989 onwards, she worked in the education system and later on, among others, as translator and interpreter in specialised areas - economics, medicine and tourism.
