Derek Prag

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Derek Prag (born 6 August 1923) is a former British Member of the European Parliament for Hertfordshire. He represented the European People's Party.

He was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales[1] and attended Bolton School in Lancashire from 1934 to 1941 then read Modern Languages at Cambridge University. He had a career in journalism before going to work for the European Union.[2]

Previously he had been the first head of the European Commission office in London, and for many years he was chairman of the London Europe Society.

He now serves on the board of EUBusiness, a business information service about the European Union.[3]

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  1. ^ Your MEPs : Archives : Derek PRAG (HTML). European Parliament website. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
  2. ^ "Bolton 'old boy' makes a stand for devolution", Bolton Evening News, 1997-10-07. Retrieved on 2008-01-12. 
  3. ^ EUbusiness.com - About Us (html). EUbusiness.com website. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.

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