Birthday Celebration of Egon A. Klepsch

Hans-Gert Poettering, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, will chair a celebration to the occasion of the 75th birthday of Egon A. Klepsch on Monday, 14 February. Mr Klepsch is a former Member of the European Parliament and was its President in 1992-1994.

Egon Alfred Klepsch was born in Bodenbach on Elbe on 30 January 1930. He received a Ph.D. in geography and history in 1954. He was Federal Chairman of the Junge Union 1963-1969 and President of the International Union of Young Christian Democrats in Europe 1964-1970. He was Member of the Bundestag from 1965 to 1980, and Member of the European Parliament since 1973. He was Member of the Presidium of the CDU since 1977. He was Chairman of the EPP Group in 1977-1982 and 1984-1992, Vice-President of the EP in 1982-84 and President in 1992-1994. He was President of the Europa Union of Germany 1989-1997.

Photos of the celebration (14/02/2005)