Council
The e-Parliament has been incorporated as a non-profit organization in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The governing body is a Council made up mainly of members of parliament from around the world.
The membership of the Council is being built up steadily to represent all parts of the globe and all parts of the political spectrum. The members are:
CHAIRMAN Graham Watson MEP, European Parliament, Leader of the European Liberal Group, the third largest political group in the European Parliament.
VICE CHAIR Dora Byamukama MP, Uganda, member of the East African Legislative Assembly and former Chair of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Ugandan Parliament.
VICE-CHAIR Senator Silvia Hernández, former Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Minister of Tourism in a previous PRI government of Mexico, former President of Parliamentarians for Global Action, and of Women Parliamentarians for Peace.
VICE-CHAIR Suresh Prabhu MP, Shiv Sena, served in the previous government of India as Minister for Industry, Environment and Forests, Chemicals and Fertilizers, and Power.
Dr. Axel Berg MdB, Social Democrat, Germany, member of the Industry and Technology Committee of the Bundestag, and a co-author of Germany’s landmark renewable energy law.
David Chaytor MP, Labour, UK, Chair of the All-Party Group on Energy Intelligence, Chair of the e-Parliament Climate and Energy Network.
Akua Dansua MP, Parliament of Ghana. Executive Director of Energy Committee.
Milind Deora MP, Congress, India, member of Defence Committee, and a leader in efforts to promote computer literacy in schools.
Ana Gomes MEP, Portuguese Socialist, Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Security and Defense of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, former Portuguese diplomat.
Rebecca Harms MEP, Vice-Chair, Greens/European Free Alliance (Christian Democrats) Vice-Chair, Committee on Climate Change
Cyd Ho, Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, Chair of the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor and broadcaster
Anne Grete Holmsgaard MF, Denmark, Vice-Chair of the Energy Policy Committee of the Danish Folketing, formerly Director of the Technical University of Denmark.
George Kuo-Liang Hsieh MP, Taiwan: Member of the governing KMT party of the Taiwan Legislature.
Robert Johansen, Professor of International Relations, University of Notre Dame, and a leading thinker on global governance issues.
Bernadette Lahai MP, Parliament of Sierra Leone. Chair, African Parliamentarian Network on Climate Change, Sierra Leone Chapter.
Norbert Mao, Leader of Gulu Council in Northern Uganda, former Leader of the Opposition in the Ugandan Parliament.
Congressman Jim McDermott, Democrat, USA, Chair, Subcommittee on Income Security, House Ways and Means Committee, Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on International HIV/AIDS and of the Africa Trade and Investment Caucus.
Ghassan Moukheiber MP, Lebanon, a leading human rights lawyer and advocate of democracy in the Lebanese Parliament.
George Nangale MP, Tanzania, Member of the East African Legislative Assembly, Chair of the Environment Committee.
Congressman Thomas Petri, Republican, USA, member of Committee on Education and Labour and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Ranking Republican on Aviation Subcommittee.
Sirpa Pietikainen MEP, Finland, European People’s Party, former Finnish Minister of the Environment.
Kono Taro MP, Liberal Democrat, Japan, member of the House of Representatives and former Minister responsible for e-Government.
Chiu-Chin Tien MP, Taiwan: Member of the DPP partyin the Legislative Yuan. Involved in democracy and environmental protection movements.
William Ury, co-author of Getting to Yes and other well-known books on negotiation, Director, Global Negotiation Project, Harvard University.
Anders Wijkman MEP, Swedish Christian Democrat, European Parliament, President, GLOBE EU, former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Derek Wyatt MP, Labour, UK, Chairman of the All-Party Group on the Internet, co-founder of the Oxford Internet Institute.
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