List of ALDE Party Members of the European Parliament, 2019-2024

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List of ALDE Party Members of the European Parliament, 2019-2024 Total Country Party Name 1 Austria NEOS Claudia Gamon 2 Belgium MR Olivier Chastel 3 Belgium MR Frederique Ries 4 Belgium OpenVLD Guy Verhofstadt 5 Belgium OpenVLD Hilde Vautmans 6 Bulgaria MRF Atidge Ali-Veli 7 Bulgaria MRF Ilhan Kyuchyuk 8 Bulgaria MRF Iskra Mihaylova 9 Croatia IDS Valter Flego 10 Czechia ANO Martina Dlabajová 11 Czechia ANO Martin Hlaváček 12 Czechia ANO Dita Charanzová 13 Czechia ANO Ondřej Knotek 14 Czechia ANO Ondřej Kovařík 15 Czechia ANO Radka Maxová 16 Denmark Radikale Venstre Morten Helveg Petersen 17 Denmark Radikale Venstre Karen Melchior 18 Denmark Venstre Søren Gade Jensen 19 Denmark Venstre Morten Løkkegaard 20 Denmark Venstre Asger Christensen 21 Estonia Reform Andrus Ansip 22 Estonia Reform Urmas Paet 23 Estonia Keskerakond Yana Toom 24 Finland Keskusta Elsi Katainen 25 Finland Keskusta Mauri Pekkarinen 26 Finland SFP Nils Torvalds 27 France MRSL Dominique RIQUET 28 Germany FDP Nicola Beer 29 Germany FDP Svenja Ilona Hahn 30 Germany FDP Andreas Glück 31 Germany FDP Moritz Körner 32 Germany FDP Jan-Christoph Oetjen 33 Hungary Momentum Katalin Cseh 34 Hungary Momentum Anna Júlia Donáth 35 Ireland Fianna Fail Billy Kelleher 36 Latvia Attistibai/Par Ivars Ijabs 37 Lithuania Liberal Movement Petras Auštrevičius 38 Lithuania Darbo Partija Viktor Uspaskich 39 Luxembourg DP Charles Goerens 40 Luxembourg DP Monica Semedo 41 Netherlands VVD Malik Azmani 42 Netherlands VVD Jan Huitema 43 Netherlands VVD Caroline Nagtegaal-van Dorn 44 Netherlands VVD Liesje Schreinemacher 45 Netherlands D66 Sophie in't Veld 46 Netherlands D66 Samira Rafaela 47 Romania Coal. Alliance 2020 Cristian Ghinea 48 Romania Coal. Alliance 2020 Nicolae Ştefănuţă 49 Romania Coal. Alliance 2020 Vlad Botos 50 Romania Coal. Alliance 2020 Dacian Cioloş 51 Romania Coal. Alliance 2020 Dragoş Nicolae Pîslaru 52 Romania Coal. Alliance 2020 Ioan Dragoş Tudorache 53 Romania Coal. Alliance 2020 Ramona Victoria Strugariu 54 Slovakia Progressive Slovakia Michal Šimečka 55 Slovakia Progressive Slovakia Martin Hojsík 56 Slovenia LMS Irena Joveva 57 Slovenia LMS Klemen Grošelj 58 Spain Ciudadanos Luis Garicano 59 Spain Ciudadanos Maite Pagazaurtundúa 60 Spain Ciudadanos Soraya Rodríguez 61 Spain Ciudadanos Jordi Cañas 62 Spain Ciudadanos José Ramon Bauzá 63 Spain Ciudadanos Susana Solís 64 Sweden Centerpartiet Fredrick Federley 65 Sweden Centerpartiet Abir Al-Sahlani 66 Sweden Liberalerna Karin Karlsbro .

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