Elmar Brok

Elmar Brok
Brok in 2014
President of the Union of European Federalists
In office 9 March 2013 – 2018
Preceded by	Andrew Duff
Succeeded by	Sandro Gozi
Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
In office 10 August 2012 – 1 February 2017
Preceded by	Gabriele Albertini
Succeeded by	David McAllister
In office 5 July 1999 – 22 February 2007
Preceded by	Tom Spencer
Succeeded by	Jacek Saryusz-Wolski
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
In office 1 July 1979 – 1 July 2019
Personal details
Born	Elmar Peter Brok (1946-05-14) 14 May 1946 (age 78) Verl, Westphalia, Germany
Political party	German: Christian Democratic Union  EU: European People's Party
Alma mater	University of Berlin University of Edinburgh
Website	www.elmarbrok.de

Elmar Peter Brok (born 14 May 1946) is a German politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1980 until 2019. He was the chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1999-2007 and from 2012-2017. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, which is part of the European People's Party.

Brok held many leadership positions in German and European politics. As a member of the Convention on the Constitution for Europe and in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, he is widely credited with contributing crucially to the Constitution of the European Union. He is also a former President of the Union of European Federalists (UEF).