Ulrike Rodust
German politician (born 1949)
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Ulrike Rodust (born 4 June 1949) is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2008 until 2019. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.[1]
Ulrike Rodust | |
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Ulrike Rodust | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 29 August 2008 – 2019 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1949 |
| Party |  GermanSocial Democratic Party  European UnionParty of European Socialists |
Between 1993 and 2008, Rodust was a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
Parliamentary service
- Member, Committee on Fisheries (2008-2019)
- Member, Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-2019)
- Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-2019)
- Member, Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2008-2009)
- Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism (2008-2009)
- Member, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (2009-2014)
In addition to her committee assignments, Rodust serves as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara[2] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[3] She is one of the vice chairs of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.[4] In 2013, she represented the Parliament in the negotiations on a reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) for the budgetary period of 2014-2020.[5]
In May 2018, Rodust announced that she would not stand in the 2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[6]