David James McAllister is a German politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. He is the current Vice President of the European People's Party and he is also Vice Chairman of the International Democrat Union. He was appointed Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2017.
McAllister in 2016
Leibniz University Hannover, where McAllister studied law
McAllister in an electoral poster for the 2008 Lower Saxony state election
Minister-President of Lower Saxony
The Minister-President of Lower Saxony, also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of Lower Saxony. The position was created in 1946, when the states of Brunswick, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and the State of Hanover were merged to form the state of Lower Saxony. The current Minister President is Stephan Weil, heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDU. Weil succeeded David McAllister following the 2013 state election.
Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Gerhard Schröder (here with US President George W. Bush) was Minister President of Lower Saxony (1990-1998) before becoming Chancellor
Ernst Albrecht, (second from left) seen here during a 1978 visit by King Hussein of Jordan to the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, was Lower Saxony's sixth Minister President.
The State Chancellery in Hanover is the official residence of the Minister President of Lower Saxony