Joseph Daul

Joseph Daul
Daul in 2016
President of the European People's Party
In office 12 November 2013 – 30 November 2019
Preceded by	Wilfried Martens
Succeeded by	Donald Tusk
Leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament
In office 9 January 2007 – 4 June 2014
President	Wilfried Martens
Preceded by	Hans-Gert Pöttering
Succeeded by	Manfred Weber
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 1999 – 20 May 2014
Constituency	East France
Personal details
Born	Joseph Alexander Daul (1947-04-13) 13 April 1947 (age 77) Strasbourg, France
Political party	The Republicans
Other political affiliations	European People's Party
Education	Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence
Website	Official website

Joseph Alexander Daul (born 13 April 1947) is a French politician who served as President of the European People's Party (EPP) from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as Leader of the EPP Group in the European Parliament from 2007 to 2014 and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France from 1999 until 2014. He is a member of The Republicans, part of the EPP.

Daul had previously come to prominence as the chairman of the European Parliament's powerful Committee on Agriculture, a position he was elected to on 23 July 2004, and previously, from 2002, as chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairmen. He has been mayor of Pfettisheim (Bas-Rhin) since 1989, and is an officer of the Agricultural Order of Merit, knight of the National Order of Merit and knight of the Legion of Honour. In addition to French, he speaks standard German and Alsatian, the Alemannic variety of German spoken in his native Alsace.