NAME: Martin, Hans-Peter.

AUSTRIA

POLITICAL GROUP: Non-attached (NI).

PARTY: Liste Dr Hans-Peter Martin - Für echte Kontrolle in Brüssel.

CONSTITUENCY: Austria.

DATE OF LATEST ELECTION: 2009.

Committees: Member of the Committee on Budgetary Control; Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs; Member of the Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China; Substitute, Committee on Budgets.

Political Career: Member of the European Parliament since 1999; Member of the Club of Rome since 1997; Delegation Chairman, EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee 1999-2004; Supervisory Board of Greenpeace Deutschland 1996-1999.

Profession: Journalist and Author 1977-1985; Correspondent for the German news magazine Der Spiegel and author 1986-1999.

Titles/honours/decorations: Dr Karl Renner Award for Journalism 1980; Dr Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Writing 1997.

Education: Graduate of Acalanes High School, California, 1974; Vienna University, Doctor of Laws 1984.

Born: 11 August 1957, Bregenz.