Hans-Gert Pöttering
Hans-Gert Pöttering | |
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Pöttering in 2014 | |
| President of the European Parliament | |
| In office 16 January 2007 – 14 July 2009 | |
| Vice President | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou |
| Preceded by | Josep Borrell |
| Succeeded by | Jerzy Buzek |
| Leader of the European People's Party-European Democrats | |
| In office 20 July 1999 – 16 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfried Martens |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Daul |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| In office 17 July 1979 – 30 June 2014 | |
| Chair of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation | |
| In office 1 January 2010 – 1 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Bernhard Vogel |
| Succeeded by | Norbert Lammert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 September 1945 Bersenbrück, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Children | Johannes Benedict |
| Residence(s) | Bad Iburg, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn University of Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies Columbia University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | Official website |
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.