Charles Tannock

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Charles Tannock (born September 25, 1957 in Aldershot, Hants ) is a doctor . From 1999 to 2019 he was MEP for the Conservative Party for London in the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (until 2009) and the Group of European Conservatives and Reformists (from 2009).

Medical career

Between 1976 and 1980 Charles Tannock studied medicine at Oxford University , Balliol College and graduated with a BA (Hons.). At the University Clinic of Middlesex Hospital, University of London , he earned an MB (Bachelor of Medicine) and a BS (Bachelor of Surgery) from 1980 to 1983. 1983 followed the MA at the University of Oxford. In 1988 he became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and worked from 1995 to 1999 as Chief Physician for Psychiatry and Honorary Lecturer at the University Hospital and Medical Faculty, London.

He published numerous papers in the field of psychiatry, u. a. anxiety, Tourette's syndrome, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

politics

From 1998 to 2000 Charles Tannock was a member of the Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council. Since 1999 he has been a member of the European Parliament with the following tasks and responsibilities: Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs , Deputy for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs , Deputy Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and Deputy Chairman of the delegation in the EU - Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee .

From 2009 to 2014 Tannock is Deputy Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs , the Human Rights Subcommittee, the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. As a deputy, Tannock is in the Subcommittee on Security and Defense , in the delegation in the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and in the delegation in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.

Awards

Charles Tannock became an honorary citizen of the City of London in 2000 .

Web links

Commons : Charles Tannock  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ^ Website of the European Parliament