Quin, Joyce Gwendolen
26 November 1944 (Tynemouth [United Kingdom])Identity Area
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Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin studied at Newcastle University, where she gained first class honours in French, then she studied International Relations at the London School of Economics. She worked as a French language lecturer and tutor at the University of Bath and Durham University.
Between July 1979 and July 1989 she was member of the European Parliament. During that period, she was member of the Socialist Group, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand, member of the Committee on Agriculture, member of the Committee on Women's Rights, member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy.
In April 2006, the Labour Party nominated Quin for a life peerage. On 30 May, she was created Baroness Quin, of Gateshead in the County of Tyne and Wear.
In November 2007, she was appointed Chair of the British section of the Franco-British Council. In 2010 she was awarded "Officier de la Legion d'Honneur" by the French Government.
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Quin, Joyce Gwendolen
26 November 1944 (Tynemouth [United Kingdom])Identity Area
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Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin studied at Newcastle University, where she gained first class honours in French, then she studied International Relations at the London School of Economics. She worked as a French language lecturer and tutor at the University of Bath and Durham University.
Between July 1979 and July 1989 she was member of the European Parliament. During that period, she was member of the Socialist Group, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand, member of the Committee on Agriculture, member of the Committee on Women's Rights, member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy.
In April 2006, the Labour Party nominated Quin for a life peerage. On 30 May, she was created Baroness Quin, of Gateshead in the County of Tyne and Wear.
In November 2007, she was appointed Chair of the British section of the Franco-British Council. In 2010 she was awarded "Officier de la Legion d'Honneur" by the French Government.