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  • Ms Juana Lahousse-Juárez
    Director General of DG COMM
    European Parliament

ABOUT

Studies

1970 - 1972 Graduate Degree in Pedagogy

1972 - 1976 Graduate Degree in Interpretation - ISTI (Institut Supérieur de Traducteurs et Interprètes)

Professional experience

1976 - 1986 Free lance interpreter, member of the IACI (International Association of Conference Interpreters) 

Pedagogical Counsellor at the ISTI

Member of International Competitions' Juries.

1986 Interpreter (civil servant) at the European Parliament

1986 - 1994 Head of the Spanish interpreters' Division

1994 - 1995 Head of the Central Planning at the Interpretation Directorate

1994 - 2000 Chair of the Equal Opportunities Committee (COPEC)

1995 - 1998 Director of Infrastructure and Internal Services at the Directorate General of Administration

1998 - 2007 Director of Communication at the Directorate General of Information

2007 - 2010 Director General of Translation

Since 2010 Director General of Communication