Elmar Brok | |
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President of the Union of European Federalists | |
In office 9 March 2013 – 2018 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Duff |
Succeeded by | Sandro Gozi |
Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee | |
In office 10 August 2012 – 1 February 2017 | |
Preceded by | Gabriele Albertini |
Succeeded by | David McAllister |
In office 5 July 1999 – 22 February 2007 | |
Preceded by | Tom Spencer |
Succeeded by | Jacek Saryusz-Wolski |
Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
In office 1 July 1979 – 1 July 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Elmar Peter Brok 14 May 1946 Verl, Westphalia, Germany |
Political party | German: Christian Democratic Union EU: European People's Party |
Alma mater | |
Website | www |
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).