Agnes Schierhuber
Agnes Schierhuber is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party, which is part of the European People's Party.
Schierhuber has been a member of the European Parliament since 1995 and currently sits as a full member of the . She is also part of the . As a substitute member she sits on the . She is the Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group working party on agricultural and budgetary issues.Career
- Completed agricultural school
- Passed specialist examination
- Member, ÖVP Local and District Executive
- Member, Executive Committee, Lower Austria Farmers' Federation
- Vice-Chair, Ottenschlag Farmers' Chamber
- Ottenschlag Women Farmers' Representative
- Vice-Chair, Ottenschlag Raiffeisenkassen supervisory board
- Member, Regional Executive, Farmers' Social Insurance Institute
- Member, Lower Austria Regional Chamber of Agriculture
- Member, Bundesrat
- Member of the European Parliament
- Appointed Ökonomierat
- Vice-Chair, EPP-ED Group working party on agricultural and budgetary issues
- Chair, Austrian Association for Medicinal and Herbal Horticulture
- Chair, Waldviertel Specialist Growers' Association
Honours
- 1995: Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria in Silver
- 1996: Silver Medal of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
- 1996: Leopold Figl Silver Medal
- 2005: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2006: Gold Medal of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
- 2006: Gold Decoration of the Farmers Association from Lower Austria
