"well as a parody of the Anthem of the Soviet Union called ""The Anthem to Gert Petersen"", can be seen as examples of the humorous elements of the environment in and around the party. Petersen was a member of parliament for the Socialist People's Party in the following electoral districts: He was a member of the European Parliament (1977–1979) and a member of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe from 1994. He has been Gert Petersen Gert Verner Petersen (19 August 1927 – 1 January 2009) was a journalist and politician who helped found and represent the Socialist"
"the prior parliamentary session, though that could largely be put down to the recent enlargement. Only one (Hans-Gert Pöttering) has served continuously since the first elections in 1979. MEPs are organised into eight different cross-nationality political groups, except the 15 non-attached members known as ""non-inscrits"". The two largest groups are the European People's Party (EPP) and the Socialists & Democrats (S&D). These two groups have dominated the Parliament for much of its life, continuously holding between 50 and 70 percent of the seats together. No single group has ever held a majority in Parliament. As a result of being broad"
"the Senate in 1983 and 1987. He ran for the secretarship of the Democrats of the Left (DS) in 2001, being defeated by Piero Fassino 61.8% to 34.1%. From 2004 to 2009 he was a Member of the European Parliament representing the DS and sits with the Party of European Socialists group. At the convening of the Parliament on 20 July 2004 he was found to be the oldest member, and as such presided over the Parliament during the election of Josep Borrell Fontelles in 2004 and Hans-Gert Pöttering in 2007 as President of the Parliament. He was in charge"
"1931-1938 H. Walter Dörken 1938-1939 Rev. O. C. D. Klahn 1940-1947 Louis Augustin (Acting President) 1947-1957 Heinz Kuch 1957-1963 Dr. J. Brabander 1963-1966 Fritz Seebohm 1966-1969 P.D. Consmueller 1969-1972 Joseph Johl 1972-1975 Franz von Müller-Hippmann 1975-1977 Hans Black 1977-1979 H. H. Behrens 1979-1980 Dale C. Thomson 1980-1985 Helmut Blume 1985-1987 Richard Brabander 1987-1990 Wolfgang Schmitz 1990-1992 Dr. Charles H. Cahn 1992-1996 Barbara Brunner-Zaharescu 1996-1998 Dr. Paul Helmer 1998-2009 Peter Lövenich 2009- Dr. Gisela Steinle Membership in the Society is open to all who wish and are willing to support the objectives of the organization. Since 1835, the membership has been"
"he is the longest standing Member of Parliament. He has a rich experience in the Finnish national politics. During his public career, he has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (2007-2008), Deputy Prime Minister (1991), Minister of Labour (1991-1995) and Minister of Transport (1990-1991). During the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship in 2008, Kanerva was the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for 2008. In 2014 he was elected president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE. Currently Kanerva serves as Emeritus President and Special Representative on Mediation of Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE. The National Coalition Party"
"county Södermanland in 1977 and was Union Secretary of the Moderate Youth League from 1977 to 78 as well as regional chairman in Nyköping 1979. Per Westerberg is an ordinary Member of the Riksdag since 1979 and was previously a deputy in 1977 and 1978. He was alternate member of the Finance Committee 1979-82, the Industry and Trade Committee 1979-82 (member 1982-85) and the Labour Market Committee from 1985. Per Westerberg was the longest serving member by his departure from the Riksdag. He also served as Alderman of age after the 2006 general election before he was elected Speaker. During"
"held between Frieder Gebhardt (SPD) and Berthold Matyschok (CDU). This was won by Gebhardt with 63.98% of the vote. Matyschok had only barely edged out the independent candidate Dr. Jan Werner (then also a CDU member) in the first round of voting. Frieder Gebhardt took office on 30 June 2008, succeeding his fellow party member Dieter Pitthan. His time in office is to run from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2020 (re-election 2014). Pitthan, after 18 years in office, was named an honorary citizen. This makes Gebhardt, after Johannes Steitz (1946-1948), Wilhelm Umbach (1948-1966), Hans Kreiling (1966-1990) and Dieter"
"Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1961. Between 1965 and 1969 he was head of the youth organization of CDU (Junge Union) in Hessen. He was chairman of CDU Frankfurt from 1973 to 1978. In 1979 he was elected as a chairman of CDU district Untermain (now FrankfurtRheinMain). From 1976 to 2017, he served as a member of the federal German legislature, the Bundestag. At first he was elected via the ""Landesliste"" (""state list""), then from 1980 he represented the electoral district Frankfurt am Main I - Main-Taunus and since 2002 the district Main-Taunus. This period of over 40 years has"
"speech in 2007. For many years he is serving as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the House of European History in Brussels. Pöttering is known as an enthusiastic European Federalist and an ally of Angela Merkel. He has stated that his priority will be to rejuvenate the European Constitution. Furthermore, Pöttering was awarded with the honorary citizenship of the city of Bersenbrueck, his birthplace. Pöttering lives in Bad Iburg, Germany. He is Roman Catholic, divorced and has two sons. Hans-Gert Pöttering Hans-Gert Pöttering (born 15 September 1945) is a German conservative politician (CDU, European People's Party), and"
"representing the Pirate Party in the 2011 German local elections and re-elected in 2016. Engels in his first term served as the leader of the Pirate Party Germany group on the city council. Engels was elected as the first Co-Chair of Pirate Parties International in April 2010, alongside Luxembourgian Jerry Weyer. He continued in this role until the 2011 conference. Engels was re-elected as a Co-Chair in April 2012, this time serving alongside Russian Lola Voronina. Engels was re-elected for a third term in 2013, serving alongside Czech Vojtěch Pikal. This means Engels has served the longest uninterrupted tenure as"
"gone on to hold elected office. A small selection of prominent former members is listed below. This is not a comprehensive list. 2018 — Carl Qiu 2016 — Kinsey Schurm 2015 — Zack Goldford 2013 — Alanna Newman 2012 — Clare Schulte-Albert 2011 — Grant Dingwall 2010 — Beth Corbett 2009 — Brayden Akers 2008 — Andrew Brander 2007 — Michael Wilson 2005 — Leslie Morrison 2003 — Patrick Harris 2001 — Dave Forestell 1996 — Walied Soliman 1992 — Mike Heenan 1991 — Joe Kondrat 1990 — John Capobianco 1988 — John Baird 1986 — Allan Williams 1982 —"
"Steny Hoyer was elected to the post. On March 18, 2008, Murtha endorsed Hillary Clinton, former First Lady and then Senator from New York, in her bid for the presidency. On February 6, 2010, two days before his death, Murtha became the longest serving Pennsylvania congressman in history. Although he was not sworn into office until February 20, 1974, House of Representatives rules state that Murtha's service began at his election because the seat was vacant. In 2009, Murtha heard details from Fort Benning U.S. Army Soldiers on how their current uniforms and equipment were not providing camouflage in Iraq"
"David Klocke 1995-1998 Roger Heuck 1993-1995 Judith Q. Barnett 1990-1993 Thomas R. Eckley 1989-1990 Oren Miller 1987-1989 Lester W. Miley 1985-1987 Martha Weber 1983-1985 Sherman Peeno 1981-1983 Dale Benedict 1978-1981 Lou Austerman 1976-1978 Ray Loos 1974-1976 Gene Hinckley 1973-1974 Charles Baltzer 1971-1973 Don Dennis 1969-1971 Joseph E. Peter 1967-1969 George Stille 1965-1967 Wilbur G. Adam 1964-1965 Ray Becker 24 April 1964 Charles W. L. Schlapp (Honorary President) 1963-1964 Jerome P. Costello 1961-1963 Mathias J. Noheimer 1959-1961 E. Kenneth Moore 1957-1959 George H. Strietmann 1955-1957 Frederic H. Kock 1953-1955 Vernon C. Rader 1951-1953 Joseph O. Emmett 1949-1951 Harland J. Johnson 1947-1949"
"continuous tenure in the body's history. In the 1976 general election, Harding ran as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for the Saint Andrew East Rural seat in the Jamaican House of Representatives. The seat was held in the previous term by Eric Bell of the People's National Party (PNP), but Bell was not a candidate in 1976. Harding's opponent in the election was Roy McGann of the PNP. Harding lost the election, 8,710 to 5,929, a difference of 2,781 votes, and the People's National Party won the election overall. In 1977 he was appointed to the Senate, and after"
"Paul Rübig Paul Rübig (born 6 May 1953) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Austria. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party, part of the European People's Party. He became a Member of the European Parliament on 25 January 1996, and was re-elected in 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2009. Hence, he is the longest-serving MEP from Austria. On 25 June 2013, Rübig was elected already for the second time in a European-wide vote as MEP of the Year for his outstanding commitment in the field of research and innovation. Born in 1953,"
"first elections. From 1984 to 1994 Pöttering was chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence. From 1994 to 1996 he chaired the working group on the Intergovernmental Conference of the European People's Party (EPP) and EPP-ED Group, the results of which became the official EPP position for the Treaty of Amsterdam. In 1994 Pöttering became Vice-President of the EPP, and from 1999 to 2007 he was the Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament. He was the top candidate of the CDU in the 2004 and the 2009 European elections. Together with Volker Hassemer he is a"
"Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann | Enrico Kreft | Jürgen Lippold | Heinz-Wilhelm Schaumann (Vice-President of the UEF) | Otto Schmuck | Elisabeth Schnarrenberger-Oesterle | Gabriela Schneider | Thomas Stölting | Michael Theurer MdEP | Wolfgang Zapfe Co-opted members: Werner Hoyer MdB, Dietrich von Kyaw, Gunther Krichbaum MdB, Jo Leinen MdEP, Manuel Sarrazin MdB, Daniela Schwarzer (Public Figures) Honorary Presidents Peter Altmaier Member of the German Parliament | Elmar Brok MEP | Egon Klepsch retired President of the European Parliament | Walter Scheel, retired President of Germany Honorary Members Arno Krause | Horst Seefeld, Ulrike Guérot| Hans-Joachim Seeler, retired Interior Minister of the"
"was first elected to the Folketing (Parliament) in 1975. Until 1977 he was a member of the Folketing representing North Jutland County constituency, and from 1977 to 1999 he was a member of the Folketing from Copenhagen County constituency. From 2005 to 2007, he was a member from Vestsjælland County constituency, and since 2007 he has been a member from Greater Copenhagen greater constituency. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2001, and he served as Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999. Bertel Haarder Bertel Geismar Haarder (born 7 September 1944) was"
"1951. He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1965 and served in this capacity until 1968. He was elected to Storting, first as a deputy member in 1969 and as a full member from 1973 to 1977 and 1981 to 1989. He was chairman in the parliamentary foreign affairs committee from 1981 to 1983 and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1983 to 1986. He served as chairman for the Christian People's Party from 1975 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983. As a result of an internal dispute about how to cooperate with the Conservative"
"other two candidates were the Polish Liberal Bronisław Geremek (208 votes) and the French communist Francis Wurtz (51 votes). He was the first newly elected MEP to hold the post since direct elections were held in 1979. As part of a deal with the conservative faction in the parliament, the EPP, he was succeeded as president of the parliament by the German conservative politician Hans-Gert Pöttering in the second part of the five-year term. In his capacity as President, Borrell also chaired the Parliament's temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013. From 2007 until"
"as chief deputy whip). Dennis Hastert John Dennis Hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is a convicted child molester and a former American politician who served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing from 1987 to 2007. He was the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history, and is currently the highest-ranking holder of a political office in U.S. history to have served a prison sentence. Hastert grew up in rural Illinois. He graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, with a degree in economics in 1964 and obtained an"
"held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: The honorary mayor is Wolfgang Port (CDU). He was first elected in 2000 and last reëlected in 2009 with 73.6% of the vote, but without any opponents. Port’s predecessor, Helmut Gestrich, was mayor beginning in 1994 and was reëlected in 1999, but he resigned the mayoralty on 22 November 2000 after having been linked to the so-called Doerfert Affair (a corruption scandal; its namesake, Hans-Joachim Doerfert, was sentenced to seven years and three months for fraud and"
"to 1994. Since 1981, Christopher is also trustee of the Trades Union Unit Trust Charitable Trust and since 1998 of the Douglas Houghton Memorial Fund. In the 1984 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and in 1989 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). On 30 July 1998, he was created a life peer as Baron Christopher, of Leckhampton in the County of Gloucestershire, taking the Labour whip. Following the death of Lord Carrington in July 2018, Christopher became the oldest sitting member of the House of Lords."
"1722, William Pitt the Elder from 1747 to 1754 and George Canning in 1827. Seaford is currently part of the Lewes parliamentary constituency. In the 2015 General election the constituency elected Maria Caulfield as MP, defeating the former Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker by 1,083 votes. Caulfield was formerly an NHS nurse. Seaford has been twinned with the town of Bönningstedt, Germany, since 1984. Seaford has one of the longest serving town criers in England and Wales —Peter White— who was appointed to this honorary position in 1977 by Lewes District Council, and is now an appointee of Seaford Town"
"presided. The first time the modern election system for speaker was used was in 1994. During these elections, the Dean of the House takes the role of presiding officer. If the longest serving member is a Cabinet Minister, party Leader, House Leader or Whip, they are not able to act as presiding officer. In 1994, following the 1993 election, Len Hopkins filled this role as Herb Gray, the longest serving member, was in Cabinet. Although Gray was in cabinet, he was still referred to as Dean both in Hansard and by the press. The current Dean of the House is"
"the following year. The election slated for December 1978 was suspended until November 20, 1980 because of the severance of diplomatic relations between the Republic of China and the United States of America. Yet the number of members elected in that election was increased to 97 in accordance with the ""Election and Recall Law During the Period of General National Mobilization for the Suppression of Communist Rebellion"". From then onward, 98 members in 1983, 100 members in 1986 and 130 members in 1989 were elected respectively and sworn in on February 1, 1984, 1987 and 1990. On December 31, 1991,"
"in 1968, serving from 1969 to 1977, and was president of the City Council from 1973 to 1977. In 1978, Levin ran for the United States Senate, defeating incumbent Republican Senator Robert P. Griffin. Levin was re-elected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. On March 7, 2013, Levin announced that he would not seek a seventh term to the Senate. On March 9, 2015, Levin announced he was joining the Detroit-based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP. Levin became Michigan's senior senator in 1995. He is the longest-serving senator in the state's history, and was ultimately the"
"the predecessor of the European Parliament. A group bureau and secretariat was established in Luxembourg. The group continued through the creation of the appointed Parliament in 1958 and, when the Parliament became an elected body in 1979 following the first European election, the group became the largest in terms of returned MEPs. It has ever since remained the largest or second largest Group. In 1987, the Single European Act came into force and the group began co-operating with the European People's Party (EPP) to secure the majorities needed under the cooperation procedure. The left–right coalition between the Socialists and EPP"
"at every election since the 1950s. The constituency was created as Vechta – Cloppenburg in 1949, containing the two counties in question. For the 1965 election it was renamed ""Cloppenburg"" and expanded to include the municipalities of Großenkneten, Hatten, Wardenburg and Wüsting. It expanded further for the 1972 election, gaining the town of Quakenbrück and the Hengelage area of the municipality of Essen. It returned to its current name and boundaries for the 1976 election. Representatives for the area have been Georg Kühling (1949-1953), Kurt Schmücker (1953-1972), Manfred Carstens (1972-2005), Franz-Josef Holzenkamp (since the 2005 election to 2017 election) and"
"made him the third-longest member, after Wolfgang Schäuble and Richard Stücklen. In the elections of 2009 he attained 47,5 % of the votes, in 2013 52,5 %. On 4 October 1982 he was appointed Minister of Scientific Research by chancellor Helmut Kohl. He served as such until 21 January 1993. During this time he supported the Transrapid and the wind turbine Growian. In 2009 he became the 17th ""Alterspräsident"" (Father of the House) of the ""Bundestag"" due to his status as the oldest member of the legislature. He continued to hold this post in the following legislature. In 2017 he"
"until soon before his death during April 1908. On 13 June 2017 Harriet Harman was dubbed ""Mother of the House"" by Prime Minister Theresa May, in recognition of her status as longest continuously serving woman MP. The title 'Father of the House' is not used in the House of Lords. The longest-serving member is recorded on the House website, though no duties or special distinctions are associated with the position , the longest serving member is The Lord Denham (Conservative), who first took his seat on 13 December 1949 (having suceeded his father in the peerage the previous year). The"
"Council of the European Union in 2007. In early 2008, Glos put Wuermeling in temporary retirement from government employment and replaced him with Jochen Homann. Between 2005 and 2011, Wuermeling served as member of the Executive Board of the German Insurance Association (GDV), where he was in charge of European and international affairs. In this capacity, he was also a member of the European Economic and Social Committee. From 2011 to 2016, Wuermeling served as chairman of the Association of Sparda Banks, a group of twelve regional cooperative banks in Germany. In July 2016, following a proposal of Bavaria, the"
"in 1980. He wrote several books, including ""42 Days in the Soviet Union"" (1946) and ""Labour Marches On"" (1947), and his memoirs, ""Father of the House"" (1982). His archive of papers, spanning nearly 40 years of public office from 1943 to 1982, are held by the London School of Economics as part of the British Library of Political and Economic Science. John Parker (Labour politician) Herbert John Harvey Parker (15 July 1906 – 24 November 1987), normally known as John Parker, was a British politician. He was the longest-serving Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), retaining his seat in the"