Giles Chichester | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for South West England | |
| In office 10 June 1999 – 26 May 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Clare Moody |
| Member of the European Parliament for Devon and East Plymouth | |
| In office 1994–1999 | |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giles Bryan Chichester 29 July 1946 London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
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| Residence(s) | Devon, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Westminster School Christ Church, Oxford |
Giles Bryan Chichester (born 29 July 1946) is a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England and Gibraltar from 1999 until he retired 2014. He was elected as Vice-President of the European Parliament on 6 July 2011 to replace Silvana Koch-Mehrin who had resigned over plagiarism allegations.
Chichester was born in London and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Since 1969, he has worked in the family business, Francis Chichester Ltd (publishers of maps, guides and educational wallcharts), founded by his father Sir Francis Chichester KBE, and still lives in the family home at 9 St James's Place, London SW1.
He was MEP for Devon and East Plymouth from 1994 to 1999 and represented South West England in the European Parliament from 1999 until 2014. On 23 July 2004 he was elected chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.
He is a former Chairman of the Carlton Club Political Committee and is chairman of his family business publishing maps.
Chichester describes himself as a "climate change sceptic".[1]