Maria Badia i Cutchet

Maria Badia i Cutchet (born 13 May 1947 in Sant Quirze del Vallès, Barcelona province) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. She is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), part of the Socialist Group.

Badia i Cutchet in February 2014

In parliament, Badia served on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on International Trade.[1][2][3]

In addition to her committee assignments, Badia was a member of the Delegation for relations with the United States and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and the Industry, Research, and Energy committee.[2] She was also a member of the European Alliance Group at the European Committee of the Regions.[4]

Early life and education

Cutchet studied English Philology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[2]

Career

Cutchet taught English at primary schools in Sabadell until 1984.[2][5]

From 1985 until 1994, she served as the coordinator for the First Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)-PSOE Secretariat.[2] After that, she became the international relations coordinator for the PSOE, and then in 1996 became the Secretariat of the President of the Catalan Parliament.[2] In 2000, she was elected to the board of the PSC, where she serves secretary for European and international policy - a role she was re-elected to in 2004 and 2008.[2]

In 2004, she was elected to the parliament of the European Union, and was re-elected in 2009.[2][5] In 2009, she was the top candidate for the PSC and was also elected vice president of the Group of Alliance of Socialist & Democrats.[5]

See also

References
  1. Chavez, Julio (14 February 2012). "Euroencuentros con Julio Chaves. Esta semana con María Badía". Euranet. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. "Maria BADIA i CUTCHET". European Parliament. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  3. "AB'deki mali krizi aşmada ortak kültürün rolü". Euronews. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  4. http://web.cor.europa.eu/ea/AbouttheGroup/Pages/MembersAlternates.aspx
  5. "The 3rd Annual Internet of Things - Keynote Presentations". Forum Europe. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
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