Eija-Riitta Korhola (born on 15 June 1959 in Lahti) is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the National Coalition Party, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lahti ( Swedish: Lahtis) is a city and Municipality in Finland. Politics of Finland takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic Republic and of a multi-party system A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. The National Coalition Party (in Finnish Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok The European People's Party (EPP is a Christian democratic and Liberal conservative European political party. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU The Committee on the Environment Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI is a committee of the European Parliament. She is also a member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was created to bring together the elected representatives of the European Community (the Members of the European

Korhola is a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT is a Committee of the European Parliament.

Education

• 1990: Master's degree in philosophy (Helsinki University
• 1994: postgraduate degree in philosophy

Career

• 1993-1996: Development educator, Finnchurchaid
• 1994-1998: Assistant, radio editorial office
• 1997: Publicist (Helsinki Festival
• 1996-1999: Journalist and educator on radio and television and in the press
• 2003: Party secretary of the Finnish Christian Democrats
• since 1999: Member of the European Parliament
• 1999-2003: Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, and substitute member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• since 2002: Chairwoman of the First Step Forum (human rights organisation)
• since 2000: Member of the board, Yllätin Oy

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Finland)

External links

• Official website of Eija-Riitta Korhola: www.korhola.com
• European Parliament biography of Eija-Riitta Korhola (incl. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. The European Parliament election of 2004 in Finland was the election of MEP representing Finland constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Finnish)