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Hans-Gert Pöttering is a German politician and university teacher born in Bersenbrück on September 15, 1945. He holds a doctorate and has been educated at the University of Bonn, Columbia University, and the University of Geneva. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, he has served as a Member of the European Parliament and President of the European Parliament. His work locations include Strasbourg and Brussels, and he is employed by Osnabrück University.
Pöttering is affiliated with the Atlantik-Brücke and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. He has received the Robert Schuman Medal, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and the Commander of the Legion of Honour. He participated in the 2004, 2009, 2010, and 2012 German presidential elections. Among his published works are *Glauben in Bedrängnis*, *Mein Europa*, and *Die Europäische Gemeinschaft nach den Beschlüssen von Maastricht*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Die Einigung Europas in der Perspektive des Jahres 2000
- Glauben in Bedrängnis
- Mein Europa
- Die Europäische Gemeinschaft nach den Beschlüssen von Maastricht
- Sicherheit in Freiheit für Europa
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1957-09-12
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,548x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,622x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
via Crossref · CC0
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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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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