Michael Gahler
| Michael Gahler | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
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Assumed office 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 April 1960 Frankfurt |
| Political party |
 German:Christian Democratic Union  EU:European People's Party |
| Profession | Lawyer, diplomat |
Michael Gahler (born April 22, 1960 Frankfurt/Main) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Hesse. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
Education and early career
Gahler studied in Mainz and Dijon (1981–87) before training as a lawyer. He joined the Federal Foreign Office in 1990, where he served under ministers Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Klaus Kinkel and Joschka Fischer. While in the diplomatic service, he worked on international environmental policy (1991-93) and Germany's bilateral relations with the Baltic states and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Between 1993 and 1995, he was seconded to work for the CDU party headquarters in Bonn.
Political career
Gahler has been a politician since 1986, when he won a seat on the city council of Hattersheim.
Member of the European Parliament, 1999–present
Gahler was elected to the European Parliament in the 1999 elections.
He is Vice-President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the delegation for relations with Iran. During his first term in parliament, he also served as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on Iran.[1]
Gahler headed the EU Election Observation Mission during the 2011 election for a constituent assembly, the first vote in after the Tunisian revolution.[2] He later led the EU-Election Observer Mission for the general election in Pakistan in 2013.
In 2014, he was elected chairman of the delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament.[3]
Gahler serves as rapporteur on Commission’s communication on defence and as a member of the High-level Group of Personalities on Defence Research chaired by Elżbieta Bieńkowska.[4] In addition, he is as a member of the European Parliament's Sky and Space Intergroup (SSI).[5]
He is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.[6]
Other activities
- Arctic Forum Foundation, Member of the Advisory Council[7]
- Kangaroo Group, Chairman
- Robert Schuman Foundation, Member of the Board
- Robert Schuman Institute Budapest, Member of the Board
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Member
References
- ↑ Ahto Lobjakas (January 13, 2004), Iran: Solana Visit Highlights EU Policy Dilemma Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
- ↑ Toby Vogel (October 20, 2011), EU observers to monitor Tunisia elections European Voice.
- ↑ Toby Vogel (October 16, 2014), Delegations choose their leaders European Voice.
- ↑ Simon Taylor (March 30, 2015), High-level group of personalities on defence research European Voice.
- ↑ Members of the European Parliament's Sky and Space Intergroup (SSI) European Parliament.
- ↑ "Prague Declaration: Selected signatories". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
- ↑ Experts & Advisory Council Arctic Forum Foundation.
See also
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