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{{short description|German physician and politician (born 1965)}}
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[[File:Liese, Peter (en).webm|thumb|Video-Introduction]]
'''Peter Liese''' (born 20 May 1965) is a [[Politics of Germany|German]] [[physician]] and [[politician]] who has been serving as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] since 1994. He is a member of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]], part of the [[European People's Party]].

==Education==
* 1991: Second state [[Test (assessment)|examination]] in [[medicine]]
* 1989–1992: Graduated as doctor at the Institute of Humane Genetics of the [[University of Bonn]]

==Early career==
* until 1994: Ward [[Physician|doctor]] in [[Paderborn]] children's hospital
* since 1994: [[Physician|Doctor]] in [[general]] practice and internist

==Political career==
===Career in state politics===
* Former member of the Land executive of the Young Union, [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
* 1991-1997: District Chairman of the Junge Union
* Member of the Land executive of the CDU, [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
* 1989-1994: Member of Bestwig local council

===Member of the European Parliament, 1994–present===
Liese sits on the [[European Parliament]]'s [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]], where he serves as the [[European People's Party Group]]’s coordinator. In this capacity, he was responsible for writing reports on including aviation within the [[European Union Emission Trading Scheme]] (2007)<ref>Jennifer Rankin (February 13, 2008), [http://www.politico.eu/article/meps-prepare-to-fight-over-top-energy-and-environment-jobs/ MEPs prepare to fight over top energy and environment jobs] ''[[European Voice]]''.</ref><ref>[http://www.euractiv.com/transport/draft-report-seeks-strengthen-eu-news-532025 MEP seeks to strengthen draft EU aviation emissions law] ''[[EurActiv]]'', November 29, 2013.</ref> and an ETS reform (2021).<ref>Ewa Krukowska (September 17, 2021), [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-17/christian-democrats-choose-key-lawmakers-on-eu-carbon-reform Christian Democrats Choose Key Lawmakers on EU Carbon Reform] ''[[Bloomberg News]]''.</ref> In 2020, he also joined the Special Committee on Beating Cancer.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer] [[European Parliament]], press release of July 9, 2020.</ref> Between 2000 and 2001, he served on the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee on Human Genetics and Other New Technologies in Modern Medicine.

Liese is a substitute for the [[Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]], a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and a substitute for the Delegation to the [[European Union|EU]]-[[Mexico]] Joint Parliamentary Committee. He was part of the Parliament's delegations to the [[2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Poznań]],<ref>Jennifer Rankin (November 26, 2008), [http://www.politico.eu/article/meps-flock-to-poznan-meeting/ MEPs flock to Poznań meeting] ''[[European Voice]]''.</ref> to the [[2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Warsaw]]<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20131115IPR24738/climate-change-ep-delegation-to-attend-warsaw-summit Climate change: EP delegation to attend Warsaw summit] [[European Parliament]], press release of November 15, 2013.</ref> and to the [[2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Marrakesh]].<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20161111IPR50906/meps-to-participate-in-cop22-climate-change-conference-in-marrakesh MEPs to participate in COP22 climate change conference in Marrakesh] [[European Parliament]], press release of November 11, 2016.</ref> 

In addition, Liese serves as member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_25_Welfare_20151124.pdf Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals] [[European Parliament]].</ref> and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Countryside, Hunting and Recreational Fisheries.<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_03_Biodiversity_coutryside_hunting_and_recreational_fisheries.pdf Member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Countryside, Hunting and Recreational Fisheries] [[European Parliament]].</ref> Previously, he was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity. In 2014, he supported [[Françoise Grossetête]]’s proposal to establish a European Parliament Intergroup on Health for Citizens, including stakeholders such as the European Cancer Patients Association and the Organisation for European Cancer Institutes.<ref>Peter O’Donnell (November 6, 2014), [http://www.politico.eu/article/meps-seek-coherence-on-health-policy/ MEPs seek coherence on health policy] ''[[European Voice]]''.</ref>

Liese has also been chairing the [[European People's Party|EPP Health Ministers Meeting]] (alongside [[Stella Kyriakides]]), which gathers the center-right EPP ministers ahead of meetings of the [[Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council]] (EPSCO).<ref>[https://www.epp.eu/structure/ministerial-meetings/ Council of the EU and Ministerial meetings] [[European People's Party]] (EPP).</ref> He is a member of the EPP Working Group on Bioethics and Human Dignity.<ref>[http://www.politico.eu/article/german-no-to-embryo-plans/ German ‘no’ to embryo plans] ''[[European Voice]]'', June 25, 2003.</ref> 

===Role in national politics===
From 2012 until 2018, Liese was a member of the CDU leadership under the party’s successive chairwomen [[Angela Merkel]] (2012-2018) and [[Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer]] (2018). In the negotiations to form a ''[[Grand coalition (Germany)|Grand Coalition]]'' of Merkel's Christian Democrats ([[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] together with the Bavarian [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]) and the SPD following the [[2013 German federal election|2013 federal elections]], he was part of the CDU delegation in the working group on [[consumer protection]]. In similar negotiations following the [[2017 German federal election|2017 federal elections]], he was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by [[Armin Laschet]], [[Georg Nüßlein]] and [[Barbara Hendricks (politician)|Barbara Hendricks]].<ref>[https://www.wp.de/staedte/kreis-olpe/liese-verhandelt-mit-id213238999.html Liese verhandelt mit] ''Westfalenpost'', January 27, 2018.</ref>

In the negotiations to form a [[coalition government]] of the CDU and [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green Party]] under [[Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia]] [[Hendrik Wüst]] following the [[2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election|2022 state elections]], Liese led his party’s delegation in the working group on the environment, agriculture and consumer protection;<ref>Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), [https://rp-online.de/nrw/landespolitik/nrw-koalition-von-cdu-und-gruenen-diese-politiker-verhandeln_aid-70580513 Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU] ''[[Rheinische Post]]''.</ref> his counterparts from the Green Party were [[Jan-Niclas Gesenhues]] and [[Norwich Rüße]].<ref>Maximilian Plück (31 May 2022), [https://rp-online.de/nrw/landespolitik/koalitionsverhandlungen-diese-politiker-verhandeln-fuer-die-gruenen-in-nrw_aid-70617645 Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die Grünen] ''[[Rheinische Post]]''.</ref>

==Political positions==
Liese is known for his work on a human cells and tissues directive and conservative stance on [[stem cell]] research.<ref>[http://www.politico.eu/article/mep-hates-to-clown-around/ MEP hates to clown around] ''[[European Voice]]'', March 10, 2004.</ref> 

In a background paper presented to the EPP in summer 2017, Liese proposed to scrap the Strasbourg seat of the [[European Parliament]] and give the French city the [[European Medicines Agency]] (EMA) instead.<ref>Maïa de La Baume (June 28, 2017), [http://www.politico.eu/article/strasbourg-swap-plan-causes-french-uproar/ Strasbourg swap plan causes French uproar] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ [[2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election|leadership election]] in 2018, Liese publicly endorsed [[Friedrich Merz]] to succeed [[Angela Merkel]] as the party's chair.<ref>Lorenz Redicker (December 6, 2018), [https://www.wp.de/region/sauer-und-siegerland/klare-mehrheit-fuer-merz-bei-suedwestfaelischen-cdu-delegierten-id215950349.html Klare Mehrheit für Merz bei südwestfälischen CDU-Delegierten] ''Westfalenpost''.</ref>

==Other activities==
* [[Central Committee of German Catholics]], Member (since 1997)
* German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.deneff.org/ueber-die-deneff/beirat.html Parliamentary Advisory Board] German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF).</ref>
* Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit, Member of the Advisory Board
* St. Maria zur Wiese, Member of the Board of Trustees

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{MEP}}
* {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|1927_09-09-2004.pdf|de}}

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