Julian Priestley
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Sir Julian Priestley KCMG |
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| Secretary General of the European Parliament | |
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In office 1 March 1997 – 1 March 2007 |
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| President |
José María Gil-Robles Nicole Fontaine Pat Cox Josep Borrell Hans-Gert Pöttering |
| Preceded by | Enrico Vinci |
| Succeeded by | Harald Rømer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 May 1950 Croydon, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Sir Julian Gordon Priestley KCMG (born 26 May 1950) served as Secretary-General of the European Parliament 1997–2007. He was the second President of the Young European Federalists 1974–1976.
Born in Croydon, Surrey Priestley was educated at St Boniface's Catholic College, Plymouth, and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1972 with an honours degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE). He was president of the Oxford Union and chairman of the Oxford University Labour Club. He stood three times for Labour in Plymouth (twice in Plymouth Sutton and once in Plymouth Devonport) in general elections (in Plymouth Devonport against David Owen). From 1974 to 1976 he was President of the Young European Federalists.
Priestley has been an Official of the European Parliament since 1973, first as Administrator, then Principal Administrator with the secretariat of the Committee on Budgets 1973-83, Chairman, Staff Committee of the European Parliament (1981–83), Head of Division of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology 1984-87, Co-chairman of the Staff Regulations Committee of the EC (1985–87), Director in the Directorate General of Committees and Interparliamentary Delegations, responsible for budgetary affairs and the single market 1987-1989, Secretary General, Socialist Group, European Parliament 1989-94, Director, Private Offices of the President of the European Parliament 1994-1997, and Secretary General, European Parliament from March 1997 until March 2007
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