Marc Angel

Marc Angel (born 1963) is a Luxembourgish politician of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party who is serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[1] He is the co-chair of the LGBTI Intergroup of the European Parliament.[2]

Marc Angel

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Luxembourg
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1963-03-12) 12 March 1963
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
NationalityLuxembourgish
Political partyLuxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

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 1988-1990.[3]

Work experience

Between 1990 and 2004 he was teaching 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.[4] He became Member of the Luxembourgish Parliament at 2004[5] and as of 2013 he was acting as Chairman of the Committee for Foreign and European Affairs, International Development, Immigration and Asylum.[6] 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

He 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[8], Angel is member of the following committees:

In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament's delegation:

His team in the European Parliament (APAs and S&D Delegation staff) is composed by 4 colleagues: Maud Hollerich, Daniel Constantinides, Lisa Kersch and Roland Gúr.[10]

Social activity
  • In 1990, Angel co-founded STOP AIDS NOW a.s.b.l in Luxembourg.[11]
  • In 2008, he has been nominated as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Cap Verde in Luxembourg.[12]
  • As of 2010, Angel is the Honorary President of the LCTO - Luxembourg City Tourist Office.[13]
  • As of 2015, he is a UNAIDS Champion for the 90-90-90 Treatment Target.[14]

References
  1. "Home | Marc Angel | MEPs | European Parliament". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. LGBTI Intergroup of the European Parliament
  3. Curriculum vitae on MEP Marc Angel's official website.
  4. Official election results.
  5. Curriculum vitae on MEP Marc Angel's official website
  6. Official report on Cosac meeting in 2015
  7. Curriculum vitae on MEP Marc Angel's official website
  8. Press release on becoming Head of the Luxembourgish S&D Delegation.
  9. Marc Angel European Parliament.
  10. MEP Marc Angel's official website.
  11. MEP Marc Angel's official website.
  12. PDF on Consular representations in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
  13. Luxembourg Tourist Office.
  14. UNAIDS report on Marc Angel's visit in Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho.


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