HenrikLax

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Political Memory: Henrik LAX, former MEP

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General Data

• Born on 06 May 1946, Helsingfors
• Country: {{#icon:FI.png|Finland||MEPs_FI}} Finland
• Political Group: {{#icon:ALDE.png|ALDE||MEPs_ALDE}} Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
  Party: Svenska folkpartiet

Functions in European Parliament

• 20/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Member)
• 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
• 22/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Substitute)
• 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Member)
• 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Substitute)
• 10/05/2007 - 04/02/2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change (Member)
• 16/01/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Petitions (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

• Degree in law from Helsinki University (1969)
• Deputy district judge (1972)
• Degree in economics, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki (1973)
• English and comparative law, City of London College (1967)
• Management, Institute of Leadership, Stockholm (1980)
• Research assistant with the national social science commission (1969-1971)
• Court practice, lawyer and prosecution (1969-1972)
• Industry's committee on taxation, legal expert and secretary (1971-1973)
• Oy Tampella Ab (1973-1987)
• Legal expert, board and management secretary
• Head of subsidiary management
• Head of textile industry's tarpaulin sector
• Assistant director responsible for Group information activities and management training
• Governing board of life insurance company Suomi (since 1988)
• Governing board of Alko (since 1995)
• Chairman of the Board of Celemi, Finland (learning solutions and projects for change in large corporate organisations)
• Member of Finnish Parliament for the Swedish People's Party in Finland (1987-2004)
• Chairman of Committee on Civil Law (1991-2003)
• Vice-Chairman of the parliamentary group (1995-2004)
• Member of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs (2000-2004)
• Vice-Chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs (2000, 2002,-2003)
• Member of the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution (2003-2004)
• Member of the monitoring group on security policy set up by Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen (2002-2004)
• Chairman of the Swedish Assembly of Finland (1993-2005)
• Military rank: captain
• Officer corps, French Legion of Honour
• Knight First Class of the White Rose of Finland

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Votes

• 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 77.8/100
• 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 66.7/100
• 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 38.4/100
• 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 68.4/100
• 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 5.6/100

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Opinions

Sources

• Written questions at European Parliament
• Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
• Reports at European Parliament
• Opinions at European Parliament
• Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
• Written declarations in European Parliament
• Wikipedia
• Google

Positions

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