Doris Pack

Doris Pack
Doris Pack EPP Women President
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
In office 1989–2014
Member of the Bundestag
In office 1974–1983
In office 1985–1989
Personal details
Born	(1942-03-18) 18 March 1942 (age 82) Schiffweiler
Political party	Christian Democratic Union, European People's Party
Profession	Teacher

Doris Pack (born 18 March 1942, Schiffweiler) is a German politician, president of EPP Women, president of the Robert Schuman Institute and former Member of the European Parliament 1989–2014. She served as a member of the Bundestag 1974–1983 and 1985–1989.^[1] She is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. Pack is the chair of the EU Committee on Culture and Education (since 2009).^[2]

She is chair of the Franco-German Foundation for Cultural Cooperation, president of the European Children's Book Fair Association, member of the ZDF Television Council, president of the Saar Adult Education Association, vice-president of the European Movement on the Saar. She also is president of Women in the EPP and executive member of the European People's Party. She was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and of the Assembly of the Western European Union (1981–1983 and 1985–1989). She is chairwoman of the advisory board of A Soul for Europe.

She graduated from teaching college in 1965 and worked as a teacher in primary schools until 1974. From 1983 to 1985, she was employed by the Saarland Ministry of Education. In 2007 she got honoris causa doctorate at University of Zadar (Croatia).

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Media related to Doris Pack at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in German)
• Doris Pack, Chair of the EU Committee on Culture and Education filmneweurope.com, June 13, 2014