Sepp Kusstatscher

Sepp Kusstatscher (born 17 March 1947 in Villanders) is an Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Federation of the Greens, part of the European Greens and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Furthermore, he is speaker of the Green Party of South Tyrol.

He was a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Education

1974: Master of Theology
1977: Teaching certificate (vocational schools)
1974–1979: Teacher at various schools
1979–1986: Director of the Brixen vocational school for trade, commerce and industry
1986–2001: Hotel and catering section
2001–2003: Training officer for vocational teachers in the province of South Tyrol

1973–1974: Chairman of the South Tyrol Students' Union
1974–1985: Mayor of Villanders
1983–1988: Chairman of the Lower Eisack Valley Water Treatment Association
1984–2004: Chairman of the Villanders Education Committee
1988–1993: Member (SVP), Provincial Council of South Tyrol and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Regional Council, Chairman of the First Legislative Commission
1989–1994: Chairman of the social affairs committees, South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)
2003–2004: Member Green Party of South Tyrol, Provincial Council of South Tyrol and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Regional Council
2004–2009 Member of the European Parliament
2009– Chairman of the Green Party of South Tyrol

See also: 2004 European Parliament election in Italy