The Baltic States and the European Union
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Indulis BERZINS
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
| 1981-1984 | Post Graduate, University of Latvia |
| 1976-1981 | Department of History and Philosophy, University of Latvia |
| July 1999 - present Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia (confirmed July 16, 1999). | |
| 1998 | - July 1999 Elected Deputy Speaker of the 7th Saeima (Parliament); Head of Latvia's delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
| 1997 - 1998 | Secretary of the 6th Saeima; Head of the Latvian delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly. |
| 1995 - 1997 | Chairman of the the 6th Saeima Foreign Affairs Committee; member of Latvia's delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
| 1993 - 1995 | Deputy Chairman of Latvia's Way Parliamentary Faction in the 5th Saeima; member of Latvia's delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly. |
| 1992 - 1993 | Elected Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme Council; Chairman of the Parliamentary Faction of the Popular Front. |
| 1990 - 1993 | Member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia; Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme Council. |
| 1984 - 1990 | Lecturer in history at the University of Latvia in Riga and the Latvian Academy of Agriculture in Jelgava. |
| 1993 | - present Board member of the political party, Latvia's Way. |
Michael GAHLER
Member of the European Parliament and Coordinator on the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European People's Party (Christian Democrats), Brussels
| 1966-1970 | Adolf-Reichwein elementary school in Frankfurt-Zeilsheim |
| 1970-1978 | Leibniz High School and BIKUZ High School in Frankfurt-Höchst |
| 1979-1980 | Enlisted soldier at the telecommunications batallion |
| 1981-1987 | Study of law in Mainz, 1st state examination |
| 1987-1990 | Traineeship in Frankfurt, Hochheim and Brussels, 2nd state examination |
| 1990-1991 | Attaché formation at the diplomatic school of the Foreign Office |
| 1991-1993 | Assistant in the department International Environmental Politics of the Foreign Office |
| 1993-1995 | Assistant in the Foreign Affairs Office of the CDU |
| 1995-1999 | Assistant for the Baltic States and the Baltic Sea Council in the Foreign Office |
| since 1999 | Member of the European Parliament |
| Functions in the parliamentary period 1999-2004 | |
| - Member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Security and Defence Politics | |
| - Substitute member in the committee of development and cooperation | |
| - First Vicepresident of the parliamentary committee EU-Lithuania | |
| - Substitute member of the delegation in the parliamentary committee EU-Latvia | |
| Political Activities | |
| Since 1978 Membership of the Junge Union (JU) | |
| 1985-1987 | Secretary, Deputy President and President of the JU municipal association Hattersheim |
| 1987-1989 | Treasurer, Deputy President and President of the JU district association Main-Taunus |
| 1990 -1993 | Treasurer and President of the JU county association Nassau |
| Deputy of the county in the Hessian regional association | |
| 1991-1996 | Member of the International Commission in the JU federal association |
| since 1981 | Membership of the CDU |
| 1986-1989 | CDU city councillor, member of the executive until 1991 |
| since 1988 | Member of the CDU district assembly |
| 1993-1997 | Member of the Regional Planning Assembly at the Regional Council Darmstadt |
| 1994-1996 | President of the German Federal Court of Arbitration |
| since 1994 | Deputy President of the CDU municipal association |
| since 1995 | Delegate to the EPP-congress in the CDU federal association |
| since 1999 | Member of the European Parliament in the CDU regional association |
Siim KALLAS
Finance Minister
| Siim Kallas graduated cum laude from the Tallinn Secondary School No 22 in 1967 and from Tartu State University in finance and credit in 1972. | |
| He was a post-graduate student until 1975 and now is a visiting professor at the university. | |
| 1995-1999 | member of parliament and the parliamentary National Defense Committee |
| 1995-1996 | minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Estonia |
| 1991-1995 | president of the Bank of Estonia |
| 1989-1991 | chairman of the Estonian Central Association of Trade Unions |
| 1986-1989 | deputy editor of the newspaper Rahva Hääl (People's Voice) |
| 1979-1986 | director of the Estonian Central Board of Savings Banks |
| 1975-1979 | specialist at the Finance Ministry of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic |
Romualdas KALONAITIS
Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
| 1997 - 2001 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the European Communities |
| 1992-1997 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden |
| 1992 | , September 28 Diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| 1989-1992 | Director and Editor-in-Chief, Publishing company, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 1973-1989 | Editor, Vice Editor-in-Chief of the science and technology academic journal Mokslas ir technika Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 1972-1973 | Chief Economist, Head of Unit, State Planning Committee, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 1967-1972 | Vice Head of Unit, Chief Economist, Labour market coordination and management, Labour Committee, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 1965-1967 | Head of Labour and Wages Department, Fuel injector production factory, Vilnius,Lithuania |
| 1965 | Graduated from Kaunas Institute of Technology, |
| Diploma in Economy and Engineering |
Lennart MERI
Former President, Republic of Estonia, Tallinn
| 1953 | graduated from the Faculty of History and Languages of Tartu University |
| worked as dramatist and producer of radio plays in the Estonian broadcasting | |
| 1958 | wrote his first book after trip to Central Asia and old Islamic centrs in the Kara-Kum Desert |
| many books and films on more travels followed and were translated into a dozen languages | |
| significantly contributed to the preservation of the Estonian national identity; first to take protest abroad against Soviet plan of mining phosphate in Estonia (later: the "Singing Revolution") | |
| 1988 | founded non-governmental Estonian Institute to promote cultural contacts with the West & send Estonian students to study abroad |
| 1990 | appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs after the first non-communist elections |
| participated in the CSCE Conferences in Copenhagen, New York, |
Ursula STENZEL
Member of the European Parliament
| After studies of journalism, contemporary history and political science she became foreign policy editor in the ORF (Austrian Broadoasting Corportation /Radio and Television). | |
| She worked in TV as single editor and was the first anchor woman to present the main news on Austrian TV. She did many reports on Spain and the Middle East and travelled widely in Europe. | |
| Ursula Stenzel won two elections to the European Parliament on top of the list of the Austrian People s Party. |
