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1 Early life  





2 Education and early career  





3 Political career  



3.1  Member of the German Parliament, 20092013  





3.2  Member of the European Parliament, 20192024  







4 Personal life  





5 Other activities  





6 External links  





7 References  














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Viola von Cramon
Viola von Cramon-Taubadel at Heinrich Böll Foundation
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 2024
Member of the Bundestag
In office
20092013
Personal details
Born (1970-03-23) March 23, 1970 (age 54)
Halle (Westphalia), West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Nationality Germany
Political party German
Alliance 90/The Greens
 EU
European Green Party
Alma materUniversity of Bonn

Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, often officially referred as simply Viola von Cramon (née Gehring, born Halle (Westphalia), 23 March 1970) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024 and of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, from 2009 to 2013.[1]

Early life

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Viola was born in Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia, the elder daughter of restaurant owner Hartwig Gehring and his wife Margit.[citation needed]

Education and early career

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Viola von Cramon graduated from Ratsgymnasium Bielefeld in 1989. From 1990 to 1991 she did an agricultural internship with the Demeter Charity in Upper Bavaria. From 1992 to 1993, she was an Erasmus Scholar at Wye CollegeinKent, followed by a 1993 study visit to Russia. In 1994 she travelled to Voronezh and Belgorod as part of a World Bank feasibility study and the following year Estonia for a study visit.

In 1996, von Cramon was an assistant to the Ukrainian GovernmentinKyiv as part of a German Government project. She graduated from the University of Bonn in 1997 with a degree in Agricultural economics. From 1993 to 1996 she lectured at Agra-Europe.

From 1997 to 2004, von Cramon managed projects in Central and Eastern Europe. During 2006-2007 she attended lectures at Cornell University.[2]

Political career

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Von Cramon has been a member of the Green Party since 2001.

Member of the German Parliament, 2009–2013

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Von Cramon was a member of the German Bundestag from 2009 until 2013. Within her parliamentary group, she served as spokeswoman for the foreign relations of the European Union and sports.[3]

She was Deputy Chairwoman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group and of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of the Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia). She was a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). From 2010 until 2014, she was a substitute member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–2024

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Von Cramon served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and was its rapporteur on relations with the Western Balkans.[4] She joined the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union in 2020.[5][6][7]

She was an EU Parliament delegate to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and to Serbia.[8]

She was a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group which oversees the Parliament’s election observation missions.[9] In response to an invitation by President Hashim Thaçi, Federica Mogherini appointed her to lead the EU mission to observe 2019 electionsinKosovo.[10]

In 2020, she joined the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.[11]

From 2021, von Cramon was part of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[12]

Personal life

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Von Cramon is married to German nobleman Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel, who currently works as a Professor of Agricultural policy at the University of Göttingen. They are parents of 4 children.

Other activities

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References

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  1. ^ Biography on German Parliament web-page Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 26th, 2013
  • ^ Biography on German Parliament web-page Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine accessed December 2013
  • ^ List of Viola von Cramon's topic areas in German, accessed December 26th, 2013
  • ^ EU Rapporteur Adds To Pressure For Brussels To Give Balkans 'Something' Amid Ukraine Push Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 20 June 2022.
  • ^ Members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  • ^ Members of the Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union European Parliament.
  • ^ Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees European Parliament, press release of 24 March 2022.
  • ^ Mia Bartoloni (November 27, 2020), Movers and Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
  • ^ Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) European Parliament
  • ^ EU deploys Election Observation Mission to Kosovo European External Action Service (EEAS), press release of September 13, 2019.
  • ^ Members Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
  • ^ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe European Parliament.
  • ^ Europe/Transatlantic Advisory Board Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  • ^ Advisory Board Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine Freya von Moltke Foundation for the New Kreisau.

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