M. Elmar Brok Born on May 14, 1946 in Verl / Northrine- Westfalia (Germany), Curriculum Vitae Studies at the Centre of European Governmental Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Journalist Chairman of the CDU district Ostwestfalen-Lippe Member of the managing Northrine-Westfalian Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Executive Committee and of the CDU Federal Committee Member of the board of the EPP Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy. Vice-Chairman of the International Democratic Union (IDU) Vice-Chairman of the European Union of Christian-Democratic Workers (EUCDW) Spokesman for European Affairs of the Board of Christian-Demokratic Employees (CDA) Chairman of the CDU Federal Advisory Committee on European Affairs 1973 - 1981 Federal Vice-Chairman of the Junge Union Deutschlands 1977 - 1981 Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Democrat Youth Committee of Europe (DEMYC) 1981 - 1983 Chairman of the Christian-Democrat and Conservative World Youth Association (IYDU) 1989 - 1999 Chairman of the CDU Federal Advisory Committee on Foreign and Security Policy Member of the European Parliament (EP) since 1980 - Member of the board of the EPP-ED Group - Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Security and Defence Policy - Deputy Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs - Member of the Delegation for the Relations to the United States - Co-Chair Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue - EPP Coordinator in the EU-Constitutional Convention - Member in the EU-Convention on the Future of the Union - EP's representative in the Intergovernmental Conference 2000 - EP's representative in the Intergovernmental Conference 1996/97 - Member of the EU's Reflection Group preparing for the reform of the Maastricht Treaty (1995) - former Chairman of the "Working Group Foreign-, Security and Development Policy and Institutional Questions" of the EPP Group (1997-99) - former EPP Group spokesman of the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment, the Temporary Committee on German Unification and the Temporary Committee on Drugs President of Europa-Union Germany Vice Chairman of the European Movement Germany Chairman of the Study Group "Enlargement" of the Institute for European Policy, Bonn Deputy Chairman of the Transatlantic Policy Network Parliamentary Group.