David McAllister

David McAllister chairs the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament and serves as Co-Chair of the UK Contact Group. He is a Member of the European Parliament since 2014 and is a Vice President of the European People’s Party (EPP). From 2003 till 2010, he served as Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Group and, from 2010 until 2013, as Prime Minister of Niedersachsen. In 2012, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.