Fr�d�rique Ries is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. She graduated in Economics and mastered in Journalism at the University of Li�ge, in 1981. She was Commercial Director at Radio FM56 from 1981 to 1984. In 1984, she is hired at RTL first in Luxembourg, as a Producer and TV Presenter from 1984 to 1987, then in Brussels where she edits and presents the news from 1987 to 1998. In 1999, Fr�d�rique Ries joins the MR to become a candidate on the European elections list. Elected Member of the European Parliament since 1999, she follows particularly health, environment and food safety issues. Re-elected in June 2009 with more than 116,000 votes, she is the 5th French-speaking political personality through all political parties in Belgium. 

May 14th, 1959 in Balen (Age 65)