Charles Goerens
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2009
ConstituencyLuxembourg
Personal details
Born (1952-02-06) 6 February 1952
Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
Political party Luxembourgish
Democratic Party
 EU
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Charles Goerens (born 6 February 1952) is a Luxembourgish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. He is a member of the Democratic Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[1]

Early career

He studied agricultural science before he was first elected to the northern district constituency as a member of the Democratic Party in 1979. From 1989 until 1994 he was its chairman.[2]

Political career

Goerens was a member of the European Parliament from 1982 to 1984, from 1994 to 1999, and again from 2009 to present.[3]

He served as Minister for Cooperation, Humanitarian Action, and Defence in the government of Jean-Claude Juncker from 7 August 1999 until 31 July 2004.[2] He also briefly served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 20 July 2004 until 31 July 2004. He lost these posts when Juncker had to form a new coalition government after the 2004 parliamentary elections.

Since 2009, Goerens has been serving as a member of the Committee on Development and of the Subcommittee on Human Rights. Following the 2019 European Parliament election, he also became a vice-chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

In addition to his committee assignments, Goerens is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights,[4] the MEPs Against Cancer group (since 2019).[5] and the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.[6] He also co-chairs the cross-party Working Group on Fair Trade (sponsored by Fair Trade Advocacy).[7]

Other activities

  • Friends of the Global Fund, Vice-Chair of the Board
  • Fondation pour la construction de l'avenir du Luxembourg (FOCAL), Member of the Board

References

  1. "Charles Goerens". ALDE. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Charles Goerens" (in French). Government of Luxembourg. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. "Your MEPs : Charles GOERENS". Europa. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  4. Members European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.
  5. MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature Archived 2020-02-02 at the Wayback Machine MEPs Against Cancer.
  6. Members Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.
  7. Fair Trade housewarming at the European Parliament Archived 2018-01-10 at the Wayback Machine Fair Trade Advocacy, press release of 8 October 2014.


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