Bernadette Bourzai (born 28 May 1945 in Tulle) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for central France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development .

She is also vice-chair of the delegation to the EU–Kazakhstan, EU–Kyrgyzstan and EU–Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia, a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development , and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Career

• Degree in history and geography, University of Clermont-Ferrand (1971)
• master's degree in geography, University of Clermont-Ferrand (1972)
• highest postgraduate teaching qualification in geography (1973)
• Teacher (with the highest postgraduate teaching qualification) (1973-1998)
• Member of the Socialist Party national council (1989-2004)
• Member of Égletons Municipal Council (1983-2001)
• Mayor of Égletons (2001-2004)
• Member of the Corrèze Departmental Council (since 1994)
• Member of the Limousin Regional Council (1986-2001)
• Vice-Chairwoman of the Limousin Regional Council (1992-2001)
• Knight of the National Order of Merit

External links

• Official website (in French)
• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF file)