Dan Hannan
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Daniel Hannan is a British writer, journalist, and former politician. He is the founding president of the Initiative for Free Trade and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 to 2020. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Hannan was born in Lima, Peru, to British parents. He was educated at Marlborough College and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied philosophy, politics, and economics. After graduating, he worked as a journalist for The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator.
In 1999, Hannan was elected to the European Parliament. He served as a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) and was the secretary-general of the ECR from 2009 to 2018. Hannan was a vocal critic of the European Union and was a leading figure in the campaign for the United Kingdom to leave the EU.
After the UK's withdrawal from the EU, Hannan was appointed as an adviser to the Board of Trade. He is also a visiting fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC.
