Günter Verheugen

Günter Verheugen (born April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. Events 1253 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, declares his attention to preach the Lotus Sutra and Nam Myoho Renge Kyo as the true Buddhism, essentially founding the branch of... April 28, 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events World War II January January 4 - The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 - Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munk January 17 - British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 - The Royal Air... 1944, in The German Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Kreuznach_Land includes the villages of Volxheim, Hackenheim, Tiefenthal, Pleitersheim, Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Biebelsheim, Neu-Bamberg, Frei-Laubersheim and Fürfeld. These villages lie south of the town of Bad Kreuznach. The entire municipality is 48 square kilometers large and has 8000 inhabitants. As of 2004, the... Bad Kreuznach, The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. Ruled by counts of the Wittelsbach dynasty from 1214... Rhineland-Palatinate, The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany) is a The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... German and World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. It is conventionally considered a continent, which, in this case, is more of a cultural distinction than a geographic one. ( National Geographic, however, officially recognises... European politician. He is Vice President of the The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. Its primary roles are to propose and enact legislation, and to act as guardian of the treaties which provide the legal basis for the EU. The role of the European Commission has some... European Commission as well as Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry. Until November 21, 2004, he was Commissioner for the States colour-shaded according to entry (darkest being earliest) The European Union originally consisted of six member states. It has since grown to 25 member states, and even more states plan to join: two new members in 2007 with even more after that. All in all a union of more... EU enlargement.

Verheugen studied history, sociology and political science at the After the introduction of tuition fees for long-time students, the University of Cologne (German Universität zu Köln) is now the second-largest university in Germany with approximately 45,000 students; it is surpassed only by Munich University and followed by the University of Münster. Faculties exist... University of Cologne and at the The main building, viewed from the Hofgarten. The University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn am Rhein) was founded on October 18, 1818, by the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III, who had been ruling the Rhineland as a part of Prussia since 1815. The universitys... University of Bonn.

He was secretary general of the FDP may refer to: in Germany: Freie Demokratische Partei, see Free Democratic Party of Germany and Politics of Germany, in Switzerland: Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei, see Freethinking Democratic Party of Switzerland and Politics of Switzerland. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... FDP (liberals) from 1978 to 1982. He left the FDP may refer to: in Germany: Freie Demokratische Partei, see Free Democratic Party of Germany and Politics of Germany, in Switzerland: Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei, see Freethinking Democratic Party of Switzerland and Politics of Switzerland. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... FDP with many leftliberal party members in 1982, because the FDP left the government of the federal chancellor This page is about Helmut Schmidt, the German politician. For the parapsychologist, see Helmut Schmidt (parapsychologist) Helmut Schmidt (born December 23, 1918) is a German SPD politician. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1974-1982, as well as briefly serving as Foreign Minister. He was born in Hamburg, the son... Helmut Schmidt. In the same year he joined the SPD (social democrats).

In 1983 he became member of the federal parliament. He was member of the committee on foreign relations from 1983 to 1998. From 1994 to 1997 he was deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of the The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. Rooted in the workers movement, it is left-of-center and... SPD. He served as minister of state in the department of foreign affairs from 1998 to 1999. In 1999 he left parliament and became EU commissioner for Enlargement of the European Union.

On November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. Events 1556 - Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mogul Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India. 1605 - Gunpowder Plot: A plot by... November 5, 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004, during a press conference, Verheugen mentioned that the future prime-minister of Romania would be The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Mircea Geoană. Mircea Dan Geoană (born July 14, 1958 in Bucharest) is a Romanian politican and was the foreign minister of Romania from December 28, 2000 when the government of Adrian Nastase... Mircea Geoană (of The Social Democratic Party of Romania (Partidul Social Democrat or PSD) is the governing party of Romania. Contents // Categories: Stub | Romanian political parties ... PSD) and that Romania would end negotiations with the EU with just four days before the Romanian The Romanian legislative election of 2004 was held on November 28, 2004. 137 seats in the Senate of Romania and 314 seats in the Chamber of Deputies were up for election. The 2004 legislative election was held simultaneously with the presidential election. According to the 2003 amendment to the Romanian... legislative and A presidential election was held in Romania on November 28, 2004. 12 candidates competed for the office. As no candidate won more than 50% of the votes, a run-off was held on December 12, 2004, between the two leading candidates: prime minister Adrian Năstase of the ruling... presidential elections. Following this, Romanian journalists accused him of interfering with Romanian politics.

See also: The Prodi Commission was the European Commission from 2000 to 2004. Led by Romano Prodi, it took office on 23 January, 2000 after the Santer Commission resigned. Its planned term of office to 31 October, 2004 was extended when the initial Barroso Commission list proposal was withdrawn. It finally left... Prodi Commission

External links

• detailed biography (http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bios/archive/verheugen_guenter)
• His web site as Vice-president and Commissioner for DG Enterprise and Industry (http://europa.eu.int/comm/commission_barroso/verheugen/index_en.htm)
• His archived web site as Commissioner for Enlargement 1999-2004 (http://europa.eu.int/comm/archives/commission_1999_2004/verheugen/index_en.htm)