Hans-Gert Pöttering
Politician
1945 –
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Who is Hans-Gert Pöttering?
Hans-Gert Pöttering is a German conservative politician, and was the President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009. On 4 December 2009 he was elected Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 1 January 2010.
He has served as a Member of the European Parliament continuously since the first elections in 1979 and thus is its longest-serving member, and was Chairman of the European People's Party-European Democrats 1999–2007.
He is a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.
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- Born
- Sep 15, 1945
Bersenbrück - Also known as
- Hans-Gert Pottering
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Bonn
- Columbia University
- University of Geneva
- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Lived in
- Lower Saxony
- Bad Iburg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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