Charles Tannock

Charles Tannock
Charles Tannock MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for London
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 June 1999
Personal details
Born 25 September 1957 (1957-09-25) (age 54)
Aldershot, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation Politician
Religion Roman Catholic
Website www.charlestannock.com

Dr Timothy Charles Ayrton Tannock[1] (born 25 September 1957 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is a British politician, psychiatrist, and Member of the European Parliament for London for the Conservative Party. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999. He was Vice-President of the Human Rights Subcommittee of the Parliament 2004–07 and Vice-President of the EU-Ukraine PCC delegation 2004-09. He is currently Vice-President of the EP Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, UK Conservative Foreign Affairs Spokesman, ECR Co-ordinator (Spokesman) on the Foreign Affairs Committee. He is also the current President of the Friends of Taiwan Group and adviser to the UK Overseas Territory Association in the European Parliament, and was Vice-Chairman of European Friends of Israel 2006–11.[2][3] Tannock was educated at Bradfield College, before going up to Balliol College, Oxford. Before being elected to Parliament, he was a consultant psychiatrist at University College Hospital. He was assistant Research Secretary of the Bow Group from 1989 to 1990, publishing Bow Group papers and made several contributions to the scientific literature particularly in the field of chronic fatigue syndrome and anxiety disorders as a medical researcher. Dr Tannock is married with three children.

Honours

Tannock has been given the Freedom of the City of Cartagena de Indias and is a Freeman of the City of London. He was decorated by the President of Ukraine as Knight (3rd Grade) of the Order of Merit (Ukraine) in 2006 and he was awarded the Medal of Mkhitar Gosh by the President of Armenia (2009). In 2010 he was created a Grand Officer of the Order of San Carlos[4] of the Republic of Colombia for services in the field of diplomacy and international relations. In 2011 the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan (ROC) Medal of Honor was conferred upon him for his "services to parliamentary diplomacy".

References

  1. ^ "Notice of result". Kingston Council. http://www.kingston.gov.uk/notice_of_result__-__euro.pdf. Retrieved 28 December 2009. 
  2. ^ "European Friends of Israel inauguration attracts 200 parlimentarians, officials". Jerusalem Post. 19 September 2006. http://www.charlestannock.com/pressarticle.asp?ID=1350. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Nuno Martins (25 August 2007). "Executive Committee EP". European Friends of Israel. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090106140859/http://www.efi-eu.org/content/view/18/58/. Retrieved 9 May 2010. 
  4. ^ Order of San Carlos - Colombia

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