Hans-Olaf Henkel
Hans-Olaf Henkel | |
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Henkel in 2014 | |
| Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists German Delegation | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2014 | |
| Chairman | Syed Kamall |
| Serving alongside | Ryszard Legutko Raffaele Fitto Roberts Zīle Helga Stevens Geoffrey Van Orden |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hans-Olaf Henkel 9 March 1940 Hamburg, German Reich |
| Political party | EU European Conservatives and Reformists German none |
| Other political affiliations | Alternative for Germany Liberal Conservative Reformers |
| Spouse | Marlene (divorce 2004) Bettina Hannover (m. 2005) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Website | www |
Hans-Olaf Henkel (born 14 March 1940) is a German politician, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany and a publicist. He was formerly a manager at IBM, president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and president of the Leibniz Association Archived 3 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. After decades as a political observer, he was elected to the European Parliament in 2014 for the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland). In response to the election of Frauke Petry as the new federal chairman in July 2015, he resigned from the AfD. He is now an independent member of the European Conservatives and Reformists.