Joseph Daul
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Joseph Daul MEP |
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| President of the European People's Party | |
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Assumed office 12 November 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Wilfried Martens |
| Leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament | |
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In office 9 January 2007 – 4 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Hans-Gert Pöttering |
| Succeeded by | Manfred Weber |
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Member of the European Parliament for East France |
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Assumed office 10 June 1999 |
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13 April 1947 Strasbourg, France |
| Political party |
Union for a Popular Movement (Before 2015) Republicans (2015–present) |
| Alma mater | Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence |
Joseph Daul (born 13 April 1947 in Strasbourg) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the East of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), a member-party of the European People's Party (EPP). On 9 January 2007 he was elected chairman of the EPP Group (at the time EPP-ED Group) in the European Parliament, replacing Hans-Gert Pöttering, who was elected as the new President of the European Parliament. On 12 November 2013, Daul was elected president of the European People's Party, succeeding the late Wilfried Martens.
Daul had previously come to prominence as the chairman of the European Parliament's powerful Committee on Agriculture, a position he was elected to on 23 July 2004, and previously, from 2002, as chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairmen. He has been mayor of Pfettisheim (Bas-Rhin) since 1989, and is an officer of the Agricultural Order of Merit, knight of the National Order of Merit and knight of the Légion d'honneur.
In addition to French, he speaks standard German and Alsatian, the Alemannic variety of German spoken in his native Alsace.
Joseph Daul comes from a large family (six brothers and sisters) and at the age of 20 he took over a small family farm of 7 ha which he has since managed with his wife and, for the last few years, his son. While the operation has grown to 75 ha, it is still family run and specialises in beef production and the cultivation of sugar beet. Daul became active in the agricultural trade union movement, through the Centre National des Jeunes Agriculteurs (CNJA - National Centre for Young Farmers). He completed his professional training and general education and in 1976 he was appointed national Vice-Chairman of the CNJA with responsibility for European affairs. Daul also became a member of the Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations (COPA) and of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels.
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