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Key facts
- Vice president
- Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou
- Preceded by
- Josep Borrell
- Succeeded by
- Jerzy Buzek
- Born
- ( 1945-09-15 ) 15 September 1945 (age 80) , Bersenbrück , Germany
- Party
- Christian Democratic Union
- Children
- Johannes, Benedict
- Alma mater
- University of Bonn , University of Geneva , Graduate Institute of International Studies , Columbia University
- Profession
- Lawyer
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bersenbrück
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- president
- Employer
- Osnabrück University
- Political party
- Christian Democratic Union
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Participant in
- 2017 German presidential election
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Image
- Pöttering, Hans-Gert-9757.jpg
- Work location
- Brussels
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- Hans-Gert Pöttering
- date of birth
- 1945-09-15
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- Hans-Gert Pöttering
- name in native language
- Hans-Gert Pöttering
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- Hans-Gert Pöttering
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Encyclopedic overview
Hans-Gert Pöttering (born 15 September 1945) is a German lawyer, historian and conservative politician (CDU, European People's Party), who served as President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009 and as Chairman of the CDU-affiliated Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 2010 to 2017.
He served as a Member of the European Parliament continuously since the first elections in 1979 until 2014 and was Chairman of the European People's Party-European Democrats 1999–2007. When he stepped down in 2014 he was the European Parliament's longest-serving member. As president of the European Parliament, he proposed the creation of the House of European History museum in Brussels.
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