Knowledge Based Bio-Economy towards 2020

Ms. MCGUINNESS MAIREAD

MEP – European Parliament

Biography

 Mairead McGuinness MEP, an agricultural economist, serves on Parliament Committees on Agriculture and Rural Development, Environment, Food Safety and Public Health and Petitions.

She is very active on agriculture and rural development, global development policy, the environment and food safety and security. As food policy expert, Mairead was the author of a report, endorsed by the European Parliament in 2009, on the future of the Common Agriculture Policy and Global Food Security.

First elected as an MEP in 2004, Mairead was re-elected to the European Parliament in June 2009.

Prior to becoming an MEP she was a well-known journalist, broadcaster and commentator. She is a Patron of the Irish Aid Agency, Bóthar.

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