1. David James McAllister was born on 12 January 1971 and is a German politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014.
23 Facts About David McAllister
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David McAllister is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
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David McAllister is the current vice president of the European People's Party and he is vice chairman of the International Democrat Union.
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David McAllister was appointed Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2017.
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On 1 July 2010 McAllister was elected Minister-President of the state of Lower Saxony, succeeding Christian Wulff, who resigned following his election as President of Germany.
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David McAllister has more recently been mentioned as a possible future European Commissioner, however this became impossible when his countrywoman, Ursula von der Leyen, was elected President of the European Commission in 2019 and 2024.
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David McAllister was born in West Berlin on 12 January 1971 to a Scottish father and a German mother.
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David McAllister's father, James Buchanan McAllister, who was originally from Glasgow, was a British civil servant.
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From 1969, James David McAllister worked in West Berlin, while attached to the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals.
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David McAllister was raised bilingually and attended a British primary school in Berlin.
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In 1994, David McAllister became local chairman of the CDU youth organisation, Junge Union, in the Cuxhaven district.
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From 1996 till 2010, David McAllister was a member of the Cuxhaven district council.
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David McAllister served as mayor of his hometown of Bad Bederkesa from 2001 to 2002.
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Since 2003, David McAllister has served as the leader of the CDU parliamentary party group in the Parliament of Lower Saxony, of which he has been a member since 1998.
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David McAllister succeeded Christian Wulff as party chairman of the CDU in Lower Saxony from June 2008 until November 2016.
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In 2005, Chancellor Angela Merkel offered him the position of Secretary General of the CDU, but David McAllister declined, arguing he did not want to rise too far too fast.
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David McAllister was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2004,2009,2010 and 2012.
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On 4 June 2010, David McAllister was designated by his party to succeed Christian Wulff as Minister-President of Lower Saxony, if the latter were to be elected President of Germany on 30 June.
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David McAllister was appointed to the supervisory board of Volkswagen, the largest company in Lower Saxony and of which the state of Lower Saxony is a major stockholder.
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In December 2012, David McAllister presided over the CDU's national convention in Hanover.
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David McAllister became vice chairman of the International Democrat Union in 2014.
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Since 2017, David McAllister has been serving as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, following Elmar Brok.
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David McAllister is married to Dunja David McAllister, nee Kolleck, who is a lawyer.