Agnes Schierhuber

Agnes Schierhuber (born 31 May 1946) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). 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 Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. She is also part of the Delegation for relations with Canada. As a substitute member she sits on the Employment and Social Affairs Committee. She is the vice-chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group working party on agricultural and budgetary issues.

Career Completed agricultural school (1964) Passed specialist examination (1975) Member, ÖVP Local and District Executive (since 1975) Member, Executive Committee, Lower Austria Farmers' Federation (since 1985) Vice-chair, Ottenschlag Farmers' Chamber (1975-1995) Ottenschlag Women Farmers' Representative (1974-1994) Vice-chair, Ottenschlag Raiffeisenkassen supervisory board (since 1980) Member, Regional Executive, Farmers' Social Insurance Institute (SVB) (1983-1998) Member, Lower Austria Regional Chamber of Agriculture (1985-1986) Member, Bundesrat (1986-1996) Member of the European Parliament (since 1995) Appointed Ökonomierat (2000) Vice-chair, EPP-ED Group working party on agricultural and budgetary issues (since 2003) Chair, Austrian Association for Medicinal and Herbal Horticulture (since 1993) Chair, Waldviertel Specialist Growers' Association (since 2003)

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