MEP profile

Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the East of England

Leader of the Liberal Democrat European Parliamentary Party

Spokesman on Constitutional Affairs for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

Vice-President, EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

Chairman of the Federalist Intergroup of the European Parliament 2004 - .

Other interests

Founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Member of the Board of the Trans-European policy Studies Association (TEPSA)

Member of the Steering Committee of the International European Movement

Curriculum vitae

Born Birkenhead, Cheshire on 25 December 1950.

Studied at Sherborne School, Dorset; University of Cambridge; Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Previously worked for the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. From 1993-99, Director of the Federal Trust for Education and Research, London.

Councillor, City of Cambridge 1982-1990.

Vice-President of the Liberal Democrats 1994-1997.

OBE 1997.

Member of the EU Convention on the Charter of Fundamental Rights 1999-2000.

Chairman of the Liberal caucus to the Convention on the Future of Europe 2002-2003.

Representative of the European Parliament to the Intergovernmental Conference 2007.

Author or editor of many articles and books on European integration, including:

• True Guide to the Treaty of Lisbon (2007)

• Constitution Plus: renegotiating the treaty (2007);

• Plan B: How to Rescue the European Constitution (2006);

• The Struggle for Europe's Constitution (2005);

• The Treaty of Amsterdam (1997);

• Reforming the European Union (1997);

• Maastricht and Beyond: Building the European Union (1994).

Andrew Duff writes monthly for FT.com.