Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

Alexander Graf Lambsdorff.

Alexander Sebastian Léonce Freiherr von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff (born on 5 November 1966 in Cologne) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China.

Lambsdorff is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and for the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee DACP as well as the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Lambsdorff was first elected into the European Parliament in 2004 and re-elected for a second term in 2009. Since 2011, Lambsdorff has been chairing the 12 Member German FDP delegation in the European Parliament.

He is a nephew of German politician and former cabinet member Otto Graf Lambsdorff.

Education

Lambsdorff graduated from the Catholic academic high school Aloisiuskolleg at Bonn-Bad Godesberg in 1985, then attended the University of Bonn. From 1991 until 1993 Lambsdorff attended Georgetown University on a Fulbright Scholarship and acquired a MA in History and a MS degree in Foreign Service (1993).

Career

• 1991-1993: Fulbright Scholarship
• 1991-1993: Studied at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
• 1993: MS, Foreign Service
• 1994: Trainee, European Commission
• 1994-1995: Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Baltic States Office, Tallinn

• 1997-2000: Policy Planning Staff in the German Federal Foreign Office (German:  Auswärtiges Amt)
• 2003-2004: Political Department, Russia Desk in the German Federal Foreign Office
• 2000-2003: Press attaché, German Embassy, Washington, DC
• 2004: Election to the European Parliament
• 2007: Chief of the EU Election Observation Mission in Bangladesh
• 2008: Chief of the EU Election Observation Mission in Kenia
• 2009: Re-election to the European Parliament and appointment as Vice Chair of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
• 2009: Chief of the EU Election Observation Mission in Bangladesh
• 2010: Chief of the EU Election Observation Mission in Guinea
• 2011: Appointment as Chair of the German FDP delegation in the European Parliament
• 2012: Chief of the EU Election Assessment Mission in Libya

Memberships:

• Founding Member of the FDP LV Net
• Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Executive Committee
• Member of the Federal Executive Committee
• Member of the ELDR Council and Congress
• Member of Europa Union
• Founding member of Atlantic Initiative Germany
• Founding Member of the German-Turkish Foundation

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Germany) European Parliament election, 2009 (Germany)

Notes

Regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.

External links

• European Parliament biography of Graf Lambsdorff (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (German)