Michael Gahler
| Michael Gahler | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 April 1960 Frankfurt |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union, European People's Party |
| Profession | Lawyer, diplomat |
Michael Gahler (born April 22, 1960 Frankfurt/Main) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Hesse. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
He studied in Mainz and Dijon (1981–87) before training as a lawyer. He joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1990, moved to work for the CDU in 1993. He has been a politician since 1986, when he won a seat on the city council of Hattersheim. He was elected to the European Parliament in 1999.
He is Vice-President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the delegation for relations with Iran.
He is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.[1]
References
- ↑ "Prague Declaration: Selected signatories". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
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