Crossbench Peer

Biography: Lord David Hannay entered the British Diplomatic Service in 1959. He had placements in Tehran and
Kabul, and later in the Eastern Department in the Foreign Office in London. He was Secretary to the UK delegation to the European Community (EC) and was in 1970 appointed 1st Secretary to the team negotiating the UK's entry into the EC. From 1973 to 1977 he was Chef de Cabinetfor Sir Christopher Soames, Vice-President of the Commission of the EC, and from 1979 to 1984 was Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office for the
European Community. From 1984 to 1985 Lord Hannay was Minister at the British Embassy in Washington and, from 1985 to 1990, he held the post of Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the EC. From 1990 to 1995, Lord Hannay served as the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and, from 1996 to 2003, he was the UK’s Special Envoy to Cyprus. Lord Hannay was appointed Chair of UNA-UK in January 2006.

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Membership of Select Committees: Lords EU Select Committee, Lords EU Select Committee; House of Lord EU Select Committee A (Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations)

Membership of other APPGs: European Union (Vice-Chair)

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