David McAllister
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David James "Mac" McAllister (born 12 January 1971) is a German politician of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU). On 1 July 2010 he was elected Minister-President of the state of Lower Saxony,[1][2] succeeding Christian Wulff, who resigned following his election as President of Germany. Until 2013, McAllister headed a coalition government with the liberal FDP, the Cabinet McAllister. In 2013, he was succeeded by Social Democrat Stephan Weil. Since 2014 he has been a Member of the European Parliament.
David McAllister | |
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Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee | |
Assumed office 1 February 2017 | |
Preceded by | Elmar Brok |
Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
Constituency | Germany |
Vice President of the European People's Party | |
Assumed office 3 October 2015 | |
President | Joseph Daul |
Preceded by | Michel Barnier |
Minister-President of Lower Saxony | |
In office 1 July 2010 ā 19 February 2013 | |
Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
Preceded by | Christian Wulff |
Succeeded by | Stephan Weil |
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Lower Saxony | |
In office 19 June 2008 ā 12 November 2016 | |
Leader | Angela Merkel |
Preceded by | Christian Wulff |
Succeeded by | Bernd Althusmann |
Personal details | |
Born | David James McAllister (1971-01-12) 12 January 1971 (age 53) Berlin, Germany |
Political party | German: Christian Democratic Union EU: European People's Party |
Spouse(s) | Dunja Kolleck |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Hanover |
Website | www |
A lawyer by profession, he has been the chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010 and was elected chairman of the state party from 2008 until 2016. From 2010 until 2013, he was also a member of the supervisory board of Volkswagen.
McAllister is of German and Scottish descent, and he leads a state that has historic ties to Britain, as the old Kingdom of Hanover makes up parts of the state and the state capital is Hanover City.