Frédérique Ries (born on 14 May 1959 in Balen) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern or North-West with the Italia dei Valori, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Balen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Italian political parties ... ALDE logo The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour lEurope) is a Group in the European Parliament. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

She is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Israel.

Education

• 1979: First degree in economics, University of Liège
• 1981: Degree in journalism, University of Liège

A degree is any of a wide range of awards made by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [oeko], house, and νέμω [nemo], distribute) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources through measurable variables. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ...

Career

• 1981-1984: Commercial director, Radio FM56
• 1984-1987: Producer and presenter, RTL-TV Luxembourg
• 1987-1998: Journalist, RTL-TVI (editing and presenting the news and other programmes on topical events)
• 1999-2004: Vice-Chairwoman of the Hebrew State Intergroup
• 1999-2004: Member of the European Parliament
• 2004: State Secretary for European Affairs and Foreign Affairs

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium) A journalist is a person engaged in the profession of journalism. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 13, 2004. ...

External links

• European Parliament biography of Frédérique Ries (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=4253)
• Declaration (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/4253_19-07-2004.PDF) of financial interests (in French; PDF file)