European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive

The European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive comprises the governing council of the major conservative grouping in the European Parliament. They are responsible for policy and internal governance decision-making, and are constituted of MEPs from every member party.

Membership

As of 27 June 2013, the Executive of the European Conservatives and Reformists had the following members:

Role	Incumbent	Party/Country	In Office since
Chairman	Martin Callanan	Conservative Party  United Kingdom	11 December 2011
First Vice Chairman Czech delegation leader	Jan Zahradil	Civic Democratic Party  Czech Republic	11 December 2011
Vice Chairman Polish delegation leader	Ryszard Legutko	Law and Justice  Poland	8 March 2011
Vice Chairman	Geoffrey Van Orden	Conservative Party  United Kingdom	11 December 2011
Vice Chairman Belgian delegation leader	Derk Jan Eppink	Libertarian, Direct, Democratic  Belgium	11 December 2011
Chief Whip	Ashley Fox	Conservative Party  United Kingdom	11 December 2011
Member of the Bureau British delegation leader	Richard Ashworth	Conservative Party  United Kingdom	11 December 2011
Member of the Bureau Hungarian delegation leader	Lajos Bokros	Modern Hungary Movement  Hungary	15 July 2009
Member of the Bureau Dutch delegation leader	Peter van Dalen	ChristianUnion  Netherlands	15 July 2009
Member of the Bureau	Julie Girling	Conservative Party  United Kingdom	11 December 2011
Member of the Bureau	Malcolm Harbour	Conservative Party  United Kingdom	11 December 2011
Member of the Bureau	Michal Kaminski	Poland Comes First  Poland	11 December 2011
Member of the Bureau	Tomasz Poręba	Law and Justice  Poland	11 December 2011
Member of the Bureau Danish delegation leader	Anna Rosbach	Independent  Denmark	11 December 2011
Member of the Bureau Lithuanian delegation leader	Valdemar Tomaševski	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania  Lithuania	15 July 2009
Member of the Bureau Latvian delegation leader	Roberts Zīle	For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK  Latvia	15 July 2009
Co-Treasurer	Hynek Fajmon	Civic Democratic Party  Czech Republic	15 July 2009
Co-Treasurer	Emma McClarkin	Conservative Party  United Kingdom	11 December 2011

Past leadership

Chairman

• Michal Kaminski (14 July 2009 – 8 March 2011)
• Jan Zahradil (8 March 2011 – 11 December 2011)
• Martin Callanan (11 December 2011 – present day)

Election

Members of the Executive are elected on a nomination and seconding basis by free election of all member MEPs.