Marc Angel

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Marc Angel

MEP
Journée de la commémoration nationale 2016, Marc Angel-102.jpg
Marc Angel in October 2016
Member of the European Parliament
for Luxembourg
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1963-03-12) 12 March 1963 (age 58)
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
NationalityLuxembourgish
Political partyLuxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

Marc Angel (born 1963) is a Luxembourgish politician of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[1]

Education[]

Angel attended the University of Vienna between 1984-1988 and earned a degree (Mag. Phil.) as a translator for German, French and English. Thereafter he continued his tourism economy studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business between 1988 and 1990.[2]

Work experience[]

Between 1990 and 2004 Angel taught in Luxembourg hotel and tourism management school.

Political career[]

Angel started his political career in the Luxembourg City Council as its Member between 1994 and 2020.[3] He became Member of the Luxembourgish Parliament at 2004[4] and as of 2013 he was acting as Chairman of the Committee for Foreign and European Affairs, International Development, Immigration and Asylum.[5] He was also member of

  • the Committee on Gender Issues,
  • the Health Committee,
  • the Economic Affairs Committee,
  • the Institutional Affairs Committee.

As a Member of the Luxembourgish Parliament, he also became

He resigned from the Parliament in December 2019 after becoming a Member of the European Parliament.

Political activity in the European Parliament[]

Angel became Member of the European Parliament on the 10th of December 2019. Beside acting as Head of the Luxembourgish Delegation in the S&D group,[7] has served on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (since 2019) and the Committee on Petitions (since 2020).[8] He is a substitute member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

In addition to his committee assignments, Angel is part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee, to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly and for relations with China.[9] He also co-chairs the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[10][11]

Since 2021, Angel has been part of the parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[12]

Other activities[]

  • In 1990, Angel co-founded STOP AIDS NOW a.s.b.l in Luxembourg.[13]
  • In 2008, Angel was appointed as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Cap Verde in Luxembourg.[14]
  • As of 2010, Angel is the Honorary President of the LCTO - Luxembourg City Tourist Office.[15]
  • As of 2015, he is a UNAIDS Champion for the 90-90-90 Treatment Target.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Home | Marc Angel | MEPs | European Parliament". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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  8. ^ Mia Bartoloni (July 10, 2020), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
  9. ^ Marc Angel European Parliament.
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  11. ^ Martin Banks (September 16, 2020), MEPs stand in rainbow-hued solidarity with Polish LGBTI community The Parliament Magazine.
  12. ^ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe European Parliament.
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  14. ^ [9] .
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  16. ^ [11] .


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