Othmar Karas
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Othmar Karas MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 1999 |
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| Constituency | Austria |
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24 December 1957 Ybbs an der Donau, Austria |
| Political party |
 AustrianPeople's Party  EUEuropean People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Christa Waldheim |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of St. Gallen |
| Website | www |
Othmar Karas (born 24 December 1957) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Austria. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party, part of the European People's Party.
He sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect. Between 2012 and 2014, he was one of the Vice Presidents of the European Parliament.
Karas has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 1999 European elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In the past, he has in served as a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and as member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013. More recently, he joined the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect in 2015 and the Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion in 2016.
In addition to his committee assignments, Karas has been the chairman of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee since 2014. He previously serves as member of the delegation for relations with Japan and as substitute for the delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China.
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