Claude Moraes | |
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Member of the European Parliament for London | |
In office 15 July 1999 – 31 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Aden, South Arabia (now Aden, Yemen) | 22 October 1965
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Dundee Birkbeck, University of London LSE |
Claude Ajit Moraes OBE is a British Labour Party politician and campaigner,[1] who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London between 1999 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.[2] He was chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, deputy leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party and vice-president of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament.[3]