José María Gil-Robles

José María Gil-Robles
19th President of the European Parliament
In office 1997 – 20 July 1999
Preceded by	Klaus Hänsch
Succeeded by	Nicole Fontaine
Personal details
Born	(1935-06-17) 17 June 1935 Madrid, Spain
Political party	EPP

José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado (17 June 1935 in Madrid) is a Spanish politician. He was formerly a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999.^[1]

From 2009 to 2014, he was president of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe.

References

Presidents of the European Parliament
Common Assembly: 1952–1958	Paul-Henri Spaak Alcide De Gasperi Giuseppe Pella Hans Furler
Parliamentary Assembly: 1958–1962	Robert Schuman Hans Furler
European Parliament (appointed): 1962–1979	Gaetano Martino Jean Duvieusart Victor Leemans Alain Poher Mario Scelba Walter Behrendt Cornelis Berkhouwer Georges Spénale Emilio Colombo
European Parliament (elected): 1979–present	Simone Veil Piet Dankert Pierre Pflimlin Henry Plumb Enrique Barón Crespo Egon Klepsch Klaus Hänsch José María Gil-Robles Nicole Fontaine Pat Cox Josep Borrell Hans-Gert Pöttering Jerzy Buzek Martin Schulz Gianni Pittella (Acting) Martin Schulz
Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of Parliament