María Badía i Cutchet (born on 13 May 1947 in St. Quirze del Vallès (Barcelona)) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education .

She is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets , a member of the Delegation for relations with Japan and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with South Africa.

Education

• Studied English at the UAB (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
• English teacher in Sabadell
• 1975: Member of Convergència Democrática de Catalunya

Career

• 1985-1994: Coordinator, First PSC-PSOE Secretariat
• 1994-1996: PSOE International Relations Coordinator
• 1996-1999: Head of the secretariat of the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia
• 2004: Elected PSC Secretary for European and International Policy in June 2000 and re-elected in July

See also: European Parliament Election, 2004 (Spain)

External links

• European Parliament biography
• http://www.psoe-pe.org/
• Detailied biography (in Spanish)
• Shorter biography (in Spanish)