Karin Riis-Jørgensen

Danish politician

Karin Riis-Jørgensen (born 7 November 1952, in Odense) is a Danish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for Venstre between 1994 and 2009. She was a vice-chairwoman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. She is the Chairwoman of the European Privacy Association, co-founded with Pat Cox in 2009.

In the European Parliament she was also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the United States.

Education

1979–1989: Lawyer with the Danish Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Copenhagen and Brussels
1989–1994: Head of department at Coopers & Lybrand
since 1994: part-time employment with Price Waterhouse Coopers
since 1994: Member of the Executive of Venstre, Denmark's Liberal Party
since 2002: Member of the bureau of Venstre's parliamentary group in the Folketing
1994–2009: Member of the European Parliament
2002–2009: Vice-chairwoman of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)

Official website
Personal profile of Karin Riis-Jørgensen in the European Parliament's database of members
Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Danish)