Struan Stevenson | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Scotland | |
In office 10 June 1999 – 2 July 2014 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Ian Duncan |
Personal details | |
Born | Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland | 4 April 1948
Political party | Scottish Conservative |
Website | struanstevenson |
Struan John Stirton Stevenson (born 4 April 1948) is a Scottish politician. He was the Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland from 1999 to 2014 and chair and Vice Chair of the Committee on Fisheries, and was also a member of the Executive of the Scottish Conservative party. He was President of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq and President of the Friends of Free Iran Intergroup (FoFI).
Stevenson is President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) and Coordinator of the Campaign for Iran Change.[1] He is a columnist with The Herald and an international lecturer on human rights. He is CEO of Scottish Business UK (SBUK), a pro-Union business group. He was educated at the independent Strathallan School and the West of Scotland Agricultural College.