NAME: Daul, Joseph.

FRANCE

POLITICAL GROUP: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED).

PARTY: Union pour un Mouvement Populaire.

CONSTITUENCY: Est.

DATE OF LATEST ELECTION: 2009.

Committees: Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations (COPA); Member of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels; Member of the European Parliament Delegation for the WTO Negotiations; Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; Substitute, Committee on International Trade; Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Political Career: Member of the European Parliament; Chairman of the EPP-ED Group 2007; Chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairman 2002; Chair of the National Federation of Beef Producers in France and of the 'Beef' Group in Europe; Vice-President of the Community of Councils; Chairman of the Strasbourg Abattoir Management Co-operative; Chairman of the European Parliamentary Association (APE).

Profession: Agriculture.

Education: Studied Agriculture; Graduate of the Institute for Advanced Studies in National Defence.

Born: 13 April 1947, Strasbourg, France.

Marital status: Married.

Children: 2.