Charles Goerens | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Luxembourg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1952 Ettelbruck, Luxembourg |
| Political party |  LuxembourgishDemocratic Party  EUAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
Charles Goerens (born 6 February 1952) is a Luxembourgish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. He is a member of the Democratic Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[1]
He studied agricultural science before he was first elected to the northern district constituency as a member of the Democratic Party in 1979. From 1989 until 1994 he was its chairman.[2]
Goerens was a member of the European Parliament from 1982 to 1984, from 1994 to 1999, and again from 2009 to present.[3]
He served as Minister for Cooperation, Humanitarian Action, and Defence in the government of Jean-Claude Juncker from 7 August 1999 until 31 July 2004.[2] He also briefly served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 20 July 2004 until 31 July 2004. He lost these posts when Juncker had to form a new coalition government after the 2004 parliamentary elections.
Since 2009, Goerens has been serving as a member of the Committee on Development and of the Subcommittee on Human Rights. Following the 2019 European Parliament election, he also became a vice-chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
In addition to his committee assignments, Goerens is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights,[4] the MEPs Against Cancer group (since 2019).[5] and the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.[6] He also co-chairs the cross-party Working Group on Fair Trade (sponsored by Fair Trade Advocacy).[7]
