LIST OF FORMER MEPS DECEASED IN 2021-2022
The following deceased former MEPs will be commemorated during the Annual Memorial Service of 2022.
2019
Giovanni GIAVAZZI
EPP, Italy (1979-1989)
30 June 2019
2021
Vera SQUARCIALUPI
GUE/NGL, Italy (1979-1989)
3 April 2021
Maj Britt THEORIN
PES, Sweden (1995-2004)
6 April 2021
Peter Michael MOMBAUR
EPP, Germany (1994-2004)
23 April 2021
Silvio LEGA
EPP, Italy (1979-1984)
24 April 2021
Johannes Cornelis VAN BAALEN
ALDE, Netherlands (2009-2019)
29 April 2021
António Antero COIMBRA MARTINS
PES, Portugal (1986-1994)
19 May 2021
Llewellyn T. SMITH
PES, United Kingdom (1984-1994)
26 May 2021
Poul SCHLÜTER
EPP, Denmark (1994-1999)
27 May 2021
Siegbert ALBER
EPP, Germany (1979-1997)
4 June 2021
Gian Piero BONIPERTI
EPP, Italy (1994-1999)
17 June 2021
Ian WHITE
PES, United Kingdom (1989-1999)
27 June 2021
Jaroslav PAŠKA
EFD, Slovakia (2009-2014)
15 July 2021
Calogero LO GIUDICE
EPP, Italy (1989-1994)
24 August 2021
José VILA ABELLÓ
EPP-ED, Spain (2004)
25 August 2021
Amédée E. TURNER
DE, EPP-ED, United Kingdom (1979-1994)
13 September 2021
Jup WEBER
Greens/EFA, Luxembourg (1994-1999)
8 October 2021
Renate-Charlotte RABBETHGE
EPP, Germany (1979-1989)
18 October 2021
Patricija ŠULIN
EPP-ED, Slovenia (2014-2019)
1 November 2021
Jörn SVENSSON
GUE/NGL, Sweden (1995-1999)
12 November 2021
György SCHÖPFLIN
EPP, Hungary (2004-2019)
19 November 2021
Paul LANNOYE
Greens/EFA, Belgium (1989-2004)
4 December 2021
Demetrio VOLCIC
PES, Italy (1999-2004)
5 December 2021
Giosuè LIGIOS
EPP, Italy (1979-1989)
9 December 2021
Liam KAVANAGH
SOC, Ireland (1979-1981)
13 December 2021
Harald NEUBAUER
NA, Germany (1989-1994)
29 December 2021
2022
Atilla Béla Ladislau KELEMEN
EPP-ED, Romania (2007)
8 January 2022
David Maria SASSOLI
S&D, Italy (2009-2022)
11 January 2022
Freddy THIELEMANS
PES, Belgium (1999-2001)
29 January 2022
Eduard KUKAN
EPP, Slovakia (2009-2019)
9 February 2022
Jacques F. POOS
PES, Luxembourg (1999-2004)
19 February 2022
Marietta GIANNAKOU
EPP, Greece (1989-2014)
27 February 2022
Desislav CHUKOLOV
ID, Bulgaria (2007-2009)
8 March 2022
Alain KRIVINE
GUE/NGL, France (1999 -2004)
12 March 2022
Honor FUNK
EPP, Germany (1989 -1999)
18 March 2022
Joel HASSE FERREIRA
PES, Portugal (2005-2009)
18 March 2022
John PURVIS
EPP/ED, United Kingdom (1979 -1984, 1999-2009)
20 March 2022
Trevor COLMAN
ID, United Kingdom (2008-2014)
22 March 2022
Domènec ROMERA I ALCÀZAR
EPP/ED, Spain (1986-1994)
5 April 2022
Bouke BEUMER
EPP, Netherlands (1979-1994)
10 April 2022
Joaquim VAIRINHOS
PES, Portugal (1999-2004)
11 April 2022
Lord Henry PLUMB
EPP/ED, United Kingdom (1979-1999)
15 April 2022
Alan Leslie GILLIS
EPP, Ireland (1994-1999)
6 May 2022
Elisa Maria DAMIÃO
PES, Portugal (1998-2004)
7 May 2022
Ilkka SUOMINEN
EPP/ED, Finland (1999-2004)
23 May 2022
Francesco FERRARI
ALDE, Italy (2007-2009)
23 May 2022
Luigi Ciriaco DE MITA
EPP, Italy (2009-2014)
26 May 2022
IN MEMORIAM David Maria Sassoli
“President Sassoli was a great personality and a convinced European. He has made a great contribution to the unity of Europe and has always defended the rights of the European Parliament.” FMA President Hans-Gert Pöttering
IN MEMORIAM Lord Henry Plumb
“With Lord Henry Plumb, the only British President of the European Parliament, we lose a British patriot and passionate European. We keep him in good and grateful memory.” FMA President Hans-Gert Pöttering
IN MEMORIAM John Purvis
“John Purvis kept his dedication to the EU up to the end. He will be greatly missed by the European Movement in Scotland.” James Provan, former MEP (ED 1979-1989; EPP-ED 1994-2044).