European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs

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The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET, after the French name "Affaires étrangères"), previously called Political Affairs, is a committee of the European Parliament. Composed of 75 members and 74 substitutes, it has two subcommittees: the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE).

Foreign affairs is not an area that Parliament has much power over, yet attracts a high proportion of the more well-known and influential MEPs given the prestige of the area.

Members

For an up to date list of members, see: the European Parliament website: AFET members

Chairpersons

Term Chairperson Group State
July 1979 - April 1980 Emilio Colombo EPP Italy
April 1980 - July 1984 Mariano Rumor EPP Italy
July 1984 - January 1987 Roberto Formigoni EPP Italy
January 1987 - July 1989 Sergio Ercini EPP Italy
July 1989 - February 1991 Giovanni Goria EPP Italy
February 1991 - January 1992 Maria Luisa Cassanmagnago EPP Italy
January 1992 - July 1994 Enrique Baron Crespo SOC Spain
July 1994 - January 1997 Abel Matutes EPP Spain
January 1997 - July 1999 Tom Spencer EPP UK
July 1999 - February 2007 Elmar Brok EPP Germany
February 2007 - July 2009 Jacek Saryusz-Wolski EPP Poland
July 2009 - December 2012 Gabriele Albertini EPP Italy
December 2012 - Elmar Brok EPP Germany
Source (79-07): Corbett, Richard; Francis Jacobs; Michael Shackleton (2007), The European Parliament (7th ed.), London: John Harper, p. 151, ISBN 978-0-9551144-7-2

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