Daniel Hannan
The Lord Hannan of Kingsclere | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 25 January 2021 | |
| Adviser to the UK Board of Trade | |
| In office 4 September 2020 – 31 August 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
| President | Liz Truss Anne-Marie Trevelyan Kemi Badenoch |
| Member of the European Parliament for South East England | |
| In office 14 July 1999 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1971 Lima, Peru |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Sara Maynard (m. 2000) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Profession | Writer, journalist, politician |
| Awards | Life peer |
| Website | hannan |
Daniel John Hannan, Baron Hannan of Kingsclere (born 1 September 1971) is a British writer, journalist and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 to 2020. In 2021 he became a sitting member of the House of Lords, taking the Conservative whip, and in 2020 became an adviser to the Board of Trade. He is the founding president of the Initiative for Free Trade.
Hannan was the first secretary-general of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE), serving from 2009 to 2018. He was one of the founders of Vote Leave, one of the organisations that campaigned to leave the EU in 2016, and served on its board throughout the referendum. He played a prominent role in the referendum campaign, participating in a number of public debates. He ceased to be a member of the European Parliament at the United Kingdom's exit from the EU in 2020.
Hannan has written columns for The Sunday Telegraph, the International Business Times, ConservativeHome, and the Washington Examiner, as well as occasional columns in the Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun, The Spectator, and The Wall Street Journal. He is editor-in-chief of The Conservative, a quarterly journal of centre-right political thought. He has published several books.