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{{short description|German politician}}
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'''Ingo Friedrich''' (born 24 January 1942 in [[Kutno]]-[[Wartheland]]) is a former [[Germany|German]] ([[Bavaria]]n) [[Member of the European Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1264|title=Your MEPs|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref> He was elected on the [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]] ticket and sits with the [[EPP-ED]] Group. Friedrich holds a University degree in [[Economics]]. He was a member of [[Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen]] district council (1972–1996) and was the head of the CSU delegation to the [[European Parliament]] between 1992 and 1999. He has been awarded the [[Bavarian Order of Merit]], and the [[Bundesverdienstkreuz|Federal Cross of Merit, first class]].

From July 2004 to January 2007 Friedrich was one of the 14 [[Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament]]. From October 2002, he holds the position of Treasurer of the [[European People's Party]] (EPP). On 16 January 2007 he was elected one of the 6 [[Quaestors]] of the European Parliament. Since September 2009 he has been President of the [[European Economic Senate]]. On 20 February 2013 Friedrich became Honorary Member of [[SME Europe]], the pro-business organization within the [[European People's Party]], which aims at improving the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises all across Europe.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/SME-Europe/238099496333948 Announcement of the Honorary Membership], Blog of SME Europe, 1 April 2013.</ref>

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