Education
Gahler studied in Mainz and Dijon (1981-1987) before training as a lawyer
Gahler studied in Mainz and Dijon (1981-1987) before training as a lawyer
He joined the Federal Foreign Office in 1990, where he served under ministers Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Klaus Kinkel and Joschka Fischer. While in the diplomatic service, he worked on international environmental policy (1991-1993) and Germany"s bilateral relations with the Baltic states and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Between 1993 and 1995, he was seconded to work for the Christian Democratic Union party headquarters in Bonn.
Gahler was elected to the European Parliament in the 1999 elections.
He headed the European Union Election Observation Mission during the 2011 election for a constituent assembly, the first vote in after the Tunisian revolution. In 2014, he was elected chairman of the delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament.
Kangaroo Group, Chairman
Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Member.
He is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.
He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People"s Party. Member of the European Parliament, 1999–present
He is Vice-President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the American College of Physicians–European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the delegation for relations with Iran. Gahler serves as rapporteur on Commission’s communication on defence and as a member of the High-level Group of Personalities on Defence Research chaired by Elżbieta Bieńkowska.
In addition, he is as a member of the European Parliament"s Sky and Space Intergroup (Supplemental Security Income).
Robert Schuman Foundation, Member of the Board
Robert Schuman Institute Budapest, Member of the Board.