Edward McMillan-Scott
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Edward McMillan-Scott (born August 15, 1949, Cambridge) is a British politician, Member of the European Parliament for the Yorkshire and the Humber region for the Conservative Party. He was the MEP for York from 1984 to 1994, MEP for North Yorkshire from 1994 to 1999, and MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber from 1999.
He is founder of the European Democracy Initiative, with a budget of some €140 million which was originally aimed at the transformation of the ex-Soviet bloc and which he is now directing towards the reforming Arab world.
McMillan-Scott was leader of the Conservative MEPs between 1997 and 2001.
On 23 July 2004 he was elected fourth of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. His reponsibilities include relations with national EU parliaments and the EuroMed parliamentary assembly.
He speaks French, Italian, some German and Spanish. He is married to Henrietta, a member of the Law Society's Children's Panel: they have two daughters.
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