Elmar Brok

Elmar Brok
Brok in 2014
President of the Union of European Federalists
In office
9 March 2013 – 2018
Preceded byAndrew Duff
Succeeded bySandro Gozi
Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
In office
10 August 2012 – 1 February 2017
Preceded byGabriele Albertini
Succeeded byDavid McAllister
In office
5 July 1999 – 22 February 2007
Preceded byTom Spencer
Succeeded byJacek Saryusz-Wolski
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
In office
1 July 1979 – 1 July 2019
Personal details
Born
Elmar Peter Brok

(1946-05-14) 14 May 1946 (age 78)
Verl, Westphalia, Germany
Political party German:
Christian Democratic Union
 EU:
European People's Party
Alma mater
Websitewww.elmarbrok.de

Elmar Peter Brok (born 14 May 1946) is a German politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1980 until 2019. He was the chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1999-2007 and from 2012-2017. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, which is part of the European People's Party.

Brok held many leadership positions in German and European politics. As a member of the Convention on the Constitution for Europe and in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, he is widely credited with contributing crucially to the Constitution of the European Union. He is also a former President of the Union of European Federalists (UEF).