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Mr. David Martin MEP
Country:
United Kingdom (Scotland)
Parliament:
European Parliament
Party:
Labour Party
Last Election:
2014
Upcoming Election:
2019
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Member of the following:
- Member of the Committee on International Trade
- Member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights
- Member of the Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
- Member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Substitute Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Substitute Member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Other current affiliations:
Member of GMB and Unite
Previous other affiliations:
- Member of the European Parliament 2009-2014:
- Committee of International trade
- Committee of Constitutional Affairs
- Sub-committee of Human Rights
- Delegation for relations with CARIFORUM (Chair)
- Delegation for relations with the Korean Pensiula
- Delegation to the EU-ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
- Vice-Chairman of the Socialist Group 1987-1988
- Vice President of the European Parliament from 1989-2004
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Bio:
David Martin has been Member of the European Parliament since 1984, where he is currently serving on the Committee on International Trade and on the Subcommittee on Human Rights. He is also member of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee as well as of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
In late 2013, David Martin received an honorary Ph.D. from the Lahore-based University of the Punjab, in recognition of his services to Pakistan, and in particular for helping to develop links between Pakistan and Europe.
David Martin was educated at Liberton High School and Heriot-Watt University where he was awarded a BA (Hons) in Economics. He holds an MA in European Management and Employment Law from the University of Leicester and has been a guest lecturer on the course 'Europe After The Cold War: The Politics of the European Union' at the University of Glasgow.
