Marc Angel | |
|---|---|
 Marc Angel in January 2023 | |
| Vice-President of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2023 Serving with See List | |
| Preceded by | Eva Kaili |
| Member of the European Parliament for Luxembourg | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Schmit |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1963 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Nationality | Luxembourgish |
| Political party | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Marc Angel (born 1963) is a Luxembourgish politician of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) who has been serving as Vice-President of the European Parliament since 18 January 2023,[1] and a Member of the European Parliament since 10 December 2019.[2] In the European Parliament he is known for being a 'Champion of Equality'.[3]
Angel attended the University of Vienna between 1984-1988 and earned a degree (Mag. Phil.) as a translator for German, French and English. Thereafter he continued his tourism economy studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business between 1988 and 1990.[4]
Between 1990 and 2004 Angel taught at Luxembourg's hotel and tourism management school.
Angel started his political career in the Luxembourg City Council as its Member between 1994 and 2020.[5] He became a Member of the Luxembourgish Parliament in 2004[6] and, as of 2013, he was acting Chair of the Committee for Foreign and European Affairs, International Development, Immigration and Asylum.[7] He was also a member of:
As a Member of the Luxembourgish Parliament, he also became:
He resigned from the Parliament in December 2019 after becoming a Member of the European Parliament.
Angel became a Member of the European Parliament on the 10 December 2019. Beside acting as Head of the Luxembourgish Delegation in the S&D group,[9] he has served on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (since 2019) and the Committee on Petitions (since 2020).[10] He is a substitute member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
In addition to his committee assignments, Angel is part of the Parliament's delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee, to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly and for relations with China.[11] He also co-chairs the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[12][13]
Since 2021, Angel has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[14]
In 2023, he was elected Vice-President of the European Parliament, replacing Eva Kaili.[15]
