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
![David Maria SASSOLI BW](https://www.formermembers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/David-Maria-SASSOLI-BW-300x300.jpg)
“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
![Henry PLUMB, President of the European Parliament](https://www.formermembers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1648474014002_EP-110164A18_00000000_PLUMB_03_MOBILE-300x300.jpg)
“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
![PURVIS John](https://www.formermembers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/19990000_PURVIS_John_BW-300x300.jpg)
“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).