Dagmar Roth-Behrendt

Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (born 21 February 1953, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German lawyer who served as Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the SPD ticket and sat with the Party of European Socialists group.

Political career

Roth-Behrendt was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2014. From 2004 until 2007 and from 2009 to 2012 she served as one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, first under the leadership of President Josep Borrell and later Jerzy Buzek.

Throughout her time in parliament, Roth-Behrendt served on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 1997, she chaired the temporary committee of inquiry into the European Commission's dealing with a BSE outbreak.<ref>Leyla Linton (November 19, 1997), MEPs appeased by BSE reforms European Voice.</ref> She later served as rapporteur on the EU medical device regulation.<ref>Dave Keating (October 22, 2013), MEPs back stricter scrutiny of medical implants European Voice.</ref><ref>Ben Hirschler (June 26, 2013), Industry fears investment drain as EU weighs new medtech rules Reuters.</ref>

In addition to her committee assignments, Roth-Behrendt was part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand from 1994 until 2004.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2013, she was one of six candidates for the post of European Ombudsman; the role eventually went to Emily O’Reilly instead.<ref>Toby Vogel (May 21, 2013), Candidates for EU ombudsman announced European Voice.</ref>

Life after politics

Since 2015, Roth-Behrendt has been serving as Special Adviser to Development Cooperation to European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis on reforming the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE).<ref>Special Advisers to the President, Vice-Presidents and Commissioners of the European Commission European Commission.</ref><ref>Simon Taylor (March 9, 2015), European Commission special advisers European Voice.</ref> From 2016 to 2022, she also served on the Commission's Independent Ethical Committee.<ref>Commission decision: Appointments to the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee 2016 - C(2016) 4507 European Commission, 11 July 2016.</ref><ref>Quentin Ariès (February 28, 2017), Watchdog to investigate handling of Barroso’s Goldman move Politico Europe.</ref><ref>Sarah Wheaton (21 July 2022), Revolving door jam Politico Europe.</ref>

Recognition

• 2009 – Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Personal life

Roht-Behrendt is married to former European Commission official Horst Reichenbach.

External links

• Web site (in German)