Derek Prag
Male, Deceased Person
1923 – 2010
Who was Derek Prag?
Derek Prag was a British Member of the European Parliament for Hertfordshire. He represented the European People's Party.
Prag was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales and attended Bolton School in Lancashire from 1934 to 1941 then read Modern Languages at Cambridge University. He had a career in journalism before going to work for the European Union. In 1948 he married Dora, with whom he was joint patron of the European Union Youth Orchestra. He had three sons: Nicholas, Stephen and Jonathan.
Previously Prag had been the first head of the European Commission office in London, and for many years he was chairman of the London Europe Society. He served on the board of EUbusiness, a business information service about the European Union.
Derek Prag died in January 2010 from a heart attack, aged 86.
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- Born
- Aug 6, 1923
Merthyr Tydfil - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- Died
- Jan 23, 2010
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on July 23, 2013
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