Geoffrey Van Orden
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Geoffrey Van Orden MEP |
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| Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists UK Delegation |
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Assumed office 11 December 2011 |
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| Chairman |
Martin Callanan Syed Kamall |
| Preceded by | Timothy Kirkhope |
| Serving alongside |
Ryszard Legutko Hans-Olaf Henkel Raffaele Fitto Roberts Zīle Helga Stevens Jan Zahradil (until 2014) Derk Jan Eppink (until 2014) |
| Member of the European Parliament for East of England |
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Assumed office 10 June 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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10 April 1945 Waterlooville, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Profession | Soldier |
| Awards | MBE |
| Website | www.geoffreyvanorden.com |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1964–1994 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | Intelligence Corps |
Geoffrey Charles Van Orden MBE (born 10 April 1945) is a British politician and former Army officer. He is currently Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region for the Conservative Party. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999.
Van Orden was born in Waterlooville, Hampshire in 1945. He attended the Mons Officer Cadet School and was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1964. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1966, Captain in 1970, Major in 1977, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1983, Colonel in 1988, and Brigadier in 1991. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) aged just 27.
He served worldwide as part of the British Army from 1964 to 1985. In 1985 he became an instructor at the German Armed Forces Staff College in Hamburg (1985–88) and was later the Chief of Staff of the British Army in the British sector of Berlin (1988–90). In 1990 he worked as part of the Assessment Staff for the Joint Intelligence Committee in London. From 1991 to 1994 he served as the Executive Secretary of International Military Staff at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, his final military appointment.
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