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Curriculum vitae
Hans-Peter Martin, Doctor of Jurisprudence, born 1957, in Bregenz, Austria.
Scholarship in California (Acalanes High School Lafayette), Doctorate in Law and Political Science in Vienna 1984.
Foreign editor at the German News Magazine "Der Spiegel" from 1986 until 1999 with emphasis on Europe, later on globalization. Foreign correspondent in Rio de Janeiro for South America, later Vienna and Prague.
Regular commentaries for various international publications, work for the BBC World Services.
Since July 1999 Independent Member of the European Parliament. Rapporteur of the European Parliament on Lobbying and Access to Confidential Documents. Reelected June 2004. Now Member of the Budget Control Committee and Coordinator of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
One of Europe's most successful non-fiction writers, on the bestseller-lists in Germany for many years, more than 6.5 billion books sold worldwide. Translations into 28 languages.
Books:
"Night Shift" (1979), Environmental Study for the Minister of Nationalized Industry (1985/86)
Co-author: "Healthy Businesses" (1981), "Bitter Pills" (1983, 2004; 90 editions so far)
"The Road to Health" (1989, 2001; more than 50 editions)
"The Global Trap - Globalization and the Assault on Democracy and Prosperity" (1996, 45 editions, translations into 27 languages)
"At least they could want - An Inside View on Politics" (2003)
Book of the Year 1981, 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2000 in various countries
Dr.-Karl-Renner-Award for Journalism
Bruno-Kreisky-Award for the Best Political Book
Member:
Board of Directors, Greenpeace (until 1999);
Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler e.V. (Association of German Scientists);
Advisory Board of the magazine "Prospect", London;
Co-Member of the Club of Rome;
Founder of the European Transparency-Initiative (ETI), 2000;
Contact: office@hpmartin.net
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