Klaus Hänsch

Klaus Hänsch


18th President of the European Parliament
In office 1994–1997
Preceded by	Egon Klepsch
Succeeded by	José María Gil-Robles

Personal details
Born	(1938-12-15) 15 December 1938 (age 82) Sprottau, Germany (modern Szprotawa, Poland)
Political party	SPD, PES

Klaus Hänsch (born 15 December 1938 in Sprottau) is a German Politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament representing the SPD from 17 July 1979 until 13 July 2009, and sat with the Party of European Socialists group.

He was vice-chairman of the PES group since 1989, except during his service as President of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1997.

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show v t Presidents of the European Parliament
Common Assembly: 1952–1958	Paul-Henri Spaak Alcide De Gasperi Giuseppe Pella Hans Furler
Parliamentary Assembly: 1958–1962	Robert Schuman Hans Furler
European Parliament (appointed): 1962–1979	Gaetano Martino Jean Duvieusart Victor Leemans Alain Poher Mario Scelba Walter Behrendt Cornelis Berkhouwer Georges Spénale Emilio Colombo
European Parliament (elected): 1979–present	Simone Veil Piet Dankert Pierre Pflimlin Henry Plumb Enrique Barón Crespo Egon Klepsch Klaus Hänsch José María Gil-Robles Nicole Fontaine Pat Cox Josep Borrell Hans-Gert Pöttering Jerzy Buzek Martin Schulz Antonio Tajani David Sassoli
Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of Parliament

show v German members of the European Parliament (1979–1984)
Social Democratic Party	Willy Brandt Ludwig Fellermaier Katharina Focke Klaus Hänsch Karl Hauenschild Heinz Kühn Eugen Loderer Heinz Oskar Vetter Thomas von der Vring Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Christian Democratic Union	Jochen van Aerssen Siegbert Alber Philipp von Bismarck Erik Blumenfeld Kai-Uwe von Hassel Wilhelm Helms Egon Klepsch Ernst Majonica Kurt Malangré Ernst Müller-Hermann Hans-Gert Pöttering Bernhard Sälzer Hanna Walz Karl von Wogau Joachim Wuermeling
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Heinrich Aigner Reinhold Bocklet Ingo Friedrich Karl Fuchs Alfons Goppel Otto von Habsburg
Free Democratic Party	Martin Bangemann

show v German members of the European Parliament (1984–1989)
Christian Democratic Union	Jochen van Aerssen Siegbert Alber Philipp von Bismarck Elmar Brok Egon Klepsch Kurt Malangré Werner Münch Hans-Gert Pöttering Bernhard Sälzer Karl von Wogau
Social Democratic Party	Ludwig Fellermaier Katharina Focke Klaus Hänsch Hans Peters Mechtild Rothe Heinz Vetter Thomas von der Vring Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Heinrich Aigner Reinhold Bocklet Ingo Friedrich Otto von Habsburg Franz Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Alliance 90/The Greens	Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf Brigitte Heinrich Frank Schwalba-Hoth

show v German members of the European Parliament (1989–1994)
Social Democratic Party	Lissy Gröner Klaus Hänsch (from 22 December 1990) Willi Piecyk (from 11 May 1992) Christa Randzio-Plath Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Mechtild Rothe Barbara Simons Thomas von der Vring (until 7 May 1992) (until 14 December 1990)
Christian Democratic Union	Siegbert Alber Reimer Böge (from 15 January 1990) Elmar Brok Karl-Heinz Florenz (from 27 December 1993) Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt Georg Jarzembowski (from 5 September 1991) Egon Klepsch (from November 25 1990) Kurt Malangré Winfried Menrad Friedrich Merz Werner Münch (until November 19 1990) Doris Pack (until 10 July 1991) Hans-Gert Pöttering Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Bernhard Sälzer (until 18 December 1993) Karl von Wogau (until December 29 1989)
Alliance 90/The Greens	Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf Hiltrud Breyer Claudia Roth Wilfried Telkämper
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Reinhold Bocklet (until 24 June 1993) (from 16 November 1993) Ingo Friedrich (from 31 August 1993) Otto von Habsburg (from 4 December 1992 to 6 November 1993) Gerd Müller (until 19 August 1993) (from 5 July 1993) (until 30 November 1992)
The Republicans	Johanna Grund Harald Neubauer Emil Schlee Franz Schönhuber
Free Democratic Party	Rüdiger von Wechmar

show v German members of the European Parliament (1994–1999)
Social Democratic Party	Gerhard Botz (from 6 February 1996) Evelyne Gebhardt Norbert Glante Lissy Gröner Klaus Hänsch Jutta Haug Karin Jöns Heinz Kindermann Constanze Krehl Helmut Kuhne Bernd Lange Erika Mann Willi Piecyk Christa Randzio-Plath Bernhard Rapkay Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Mechtild Rothe (until 1 February 1996) Axel Schäfer Martin Schulz Ulrich Stockmann Ralf Walter Barbara Weiler Wilmya Zimmermann
Christian Democratic Union	Siegbert Alber (until October 6 1997) Reimer Böge Elmar Brok Karl-Heinz Florenz Michael Gahler (from 23 April 1999) Lutz Goepel Alfred Gomolka Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt Georg Jarzembowski Christa Klaß Dieter-Lebrecht Koch Christoph Werner Konrad Werner Langen Klaus-Heiner Lehne Peter Liese Kurt Malangré Thomas Mann Winfried Menrad (until 22 April 1999) Hartmut Nassauer Doris Pack Hans-Gert Pöttering Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Horst Schnellhardt Jürgen Schröder Stanislaw Tillich Rainer Wieland (from 10 October 1997) Karl von Wogau
Alliance 90/The Greens	Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf Hiltrud Breyer (from 23 November 1998) Daniel Cohn-Bendit Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler Claudia Roth (until 18 November 1998) Elisabeth Schroedter Wilfried Telkämper Wolfgang Ullmann
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Markus Ferber Ingo Friedrich Otto von Habsburg Bernd Posselt

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