The Lord Hannan of Kingsclere | |
|---|---|
 Dan Hannan in 2012 | |
| Adviser to the UK Board of Trade | |
| Assumed office 4 September 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
| President | Liz Truss Anne-Marie Trevelyan Kemi Badenoch |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2021 Life peerage | |
| Member of the European Parliament for South East England | |
| In office 14 July 1999 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1971 Lima, Peru |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Sara Maynard (m. 2000) |
| Children | 3[1][2] |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Profession | Writer, journalist, politician |
| Awards |  Life peer |
| Website | hannan |
Daniel John Hannan, Baron Hannan of Kingsclere (born 1 September 1971) is a British writer, journalist and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 to 2020. He is currently a sitting member of the House of Lords where he takes the Conservative whip,[3] and has since 2020 served as an adviser to the Board of Trade. He is the founding president of the Initiative for Free Trade.
Hannan was the first secretary-general of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE), serving from 2009 to 2018. He was one of the founders of Vote Leave, one of the organisations that campaigned to leave the EU in 2016, and served on its board throughout the referendum. He played a prominent role in the referendum campaign, participating in a number of public debates. He stood down from the European Parliament at the United Kingdom's exit from the EU in 2020.
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere has written columns for The Sunday Telegraph, the International Business Times, ConservativeHome, and the Washington Examiner, as well as occasional columns in the Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun, The Spectator, and The Wall Street Journal. He is editor-in-chief of The Conservative, a quarterly journal of centre-right political thought.[4] He has published several books.[5]
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- ^ "Daniel Hannan". The Guardian.