Alexander Graf Lambsdorff is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He chairs the Parliament’s Working Group on EU-UN relations and serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee for Security and Defense. He is the Vice Chairman of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Main professional activities

• German Foreign Office: Political Department, Russia Desk, 2003-2004
• German Embassy, Washington, D.C.: Press attaché, 2000-2003
• German Foreign Office: Planning Staff, 1997-2000

Political activities

• Vice Chairman of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee
• Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee for Security and Defense
• Member of the Parliamentary Delegations for the United States and Japan
• Chairman of the EU-UN Working Group
• Deputy Chairman of the German Liberal Democrats (FDP) in the European Parliament
• Member of the FDP’s Executive Committees at the Federal, State (North Rhine Westphalia) and local (Bonn) level
• Member of the ELDR Council of Congress
• Chairman of the Europe Committee within the FDP’s Federal Commission for International Politics

Membership

• Founding member of Atlantic Initiative Germany
• Founding Member of the German-Turkish Foundation
• Member of the Europa-Union • Member of the Transatlantic Policy Network