Background
Prag, Derek Nathan was born on August 6, 1923 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Son of Abraham Joseph and Edith (Levitt) Prag.
journalist Member of Parliament politician
Prag, Derek Nathan was born on August 6, 1923 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Son of Abraham Joseph and Edith (Levitt) Prag.
Certified in Russian, Cambridge University, England, 1947. Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1948. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1963.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Hertfordshire, England, 1993.
Trainee central buyer John Lewis, London, 1949-1950. Sub-editor Reuters Wire Service, 1950-1952, economic correspondent, bureau manager Brussels and Madrid, 1953-1955. Spokesman European Coal and Steel Cmty.'s High Authority, Luxembourg, 1955-1958.
Spokesman, head publications division European Community Joint Information Service, Brussels, 1958-1965. Director European Community Press and Information Office, London, 1965-1973. Chairman, managing director Derek Prag Associates, 1973-1979.
Member for Hertfordshire European Parliament, 1979-1994. Editor Finance Times Business Letter from Europe, London, 1975-1977. Deputy chairman British Conservative spokesman Instl.l Committee, European Parliament, 1989-1994, spokesman European Democratic Group on institutional afairs, 1982-1984, 87-92, spokesman on Political Affairs Committee, member Subcommittee on Human Rights, 1984-1987, Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament, 1989-1994, Transport and Tourism Committee, 1992-1994, deputy chairman 1st Committee of Enquiry in to Racism and Fascism in Europe, member Israel inter-parliamentary delegate, deputy chairman Southeast Asia interparliamentary delegate, founder All-Party Disablement Group (now Disability Intergroup), 1980, chairman 1980-1994.
Founder, member Conservative Group for Europe, 1969, deputy chairman 1974-1977, 91-93.
Author: Europe's International Strategy, 1976, Foreign Policy and Defence-A Role for Europe, Democracy in the European Union, 1998. Co-author: (with E.D. Nicholson) Businessman's Guide to the Common Market, 1973. (with others) Our Future in Europe-The Long-Term Case for Going In, 1970.
Chairman London Europe Society, 1973-2000, president, since 2000. Lieutenant British Army, 1942-1947. Member Royal Overseas League, Royal Anglo-Belgian Club.
Music, theater, swimming, gardening, foreign languages.
Married Dora Weiner, September 23, 1948. Children: Nicholas Simon, Jonathan Richard, Stephen Julian.