Mogens Camre

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Mogens Niels Juel Camre (born on 29 March 1936 in Randers) is a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Danish People's Party (Danish: Dansk Folkeparti), a Vice-Chairman of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Camre has been accused of racism on several occasions, but so far his immunity has not been lifted by the European Parliament.

[edit] Education

1961: Bachelor of commerce (accountancy)
1967: Master's degree in political and economic science

[edit] Career

1967-1968 and 1987-1995: Civil servant, Budget Department of Finance Ministry
1974-1989: Member of Tax Tribunal
since 1980: Chairman of the Board of KTAS (1982-1992) and board member of a number of other companies
1985-1987: Member of the Board of Governors of Denmark's National Bank
1995-1999: Budgetary Adviser with Denmark's Permanent Representation to the EU
1962-1966 and 1968-1987: Member of Executive Social Democratic Party in Copenhagen
1967-1968 and 1981-1982: Member of National Executive of Social Democratic Party
1981-1982: Member of Danish TUC's Executive Committee
1981-1982: Member of the Executive Committee of the Labour Movement's Economic Council
1968-1987: Member of the Folketing
Member of several Folketing committees, including the Political and Economic Affairs Committee
Chairman of the Folketing's Environment and Planning Committee
Vice-Chairman of the Folketing's Market Relations and Finance Committees
since 1999: Member of the European Parliament
since 1999: Vice-Chairman of the Union for Europe of the Nations Group
Works published