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{{short description|German politician  (born 1949)}}
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| name       = Werner Langen
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]
| image      = Werner Langen.png
| office       = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start      = [[1994 European Parliament election in Germany|1 July 1994]]
| term_end      = 2019
| constituency      = [[Germany (European Parliament constituency)|Germany]]
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1949|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Müden (Mosel)|Müden]], [[Germany]]
| death_date       = 
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| party       = '''''{{flag|Germany|name=German}}:'''''<br />[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />'''''{{flag|EU}}:'''''<br />[[European People's Party]]
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| alma_mater      = {{Ubl|[[University of Bonn]]|[[University of Cologne]]}}
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'''Werner Langen''' (born 27 November 1949) is a German politician who served as [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from 1994 until 2019. He is a member of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]], part of the [[European People's Party]].

==Political career==
===Early beginnings===
Between 1990 and 1991, Langen served as State Minister for Agriculture in the cabinet of [[List of Ministers-President of Rhineland-Palatinate|Minister-President]] [[Carl-Ludwig Wagner]] of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]. From 1992 until 1993, he was a member of the CDU executive board under the party's then-chairman, [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Helmut Kohl]].

===Member of the European Parliament, 1994-2019===
Langen first became a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in the [[1994 European Parliament election in Germany|1994 elections]]. Throughout his time in office, he served on the [[European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs|Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs]]. In this capacity, he was in charge of steering key financial reforms through the European Parliament, including the [[European Market Infrastructure Regulation]] (EMIR)<ref>Jeremy Grant (June 17, 2011), [https://www.ft.com/content/54ca96be-98d4-11e0-bd66-00144feab49a European rebuke for US on derivatives] ''[[Financial Times]]''.</ref><ref>Michelle Price (June 19, 2011), [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303823104576391431908942882 Europe Hits Back at U.S. Over Derivatives] ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref> and the Insurance Mediation Directive (IMD 2) in 2015.<ref>Jon Benton (July 2, 2015), [https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/consumers-set-benefit-new-eu-insurance-laws Consumers set to benefit from new EU insurance laws] ''[[The Parliament Magazine]]''.</ref> In July 2016, Langen was elected to chair the Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) that investigated the [[Panama Papers]] revelations and tax avoidance schemes more broadly.<ref>[https://euobserver.com/tickers/134315 Centre-right MEP Langen to chair Panama Papers inquiry] ''[[EUobserver]]'', July 12, 2016.</ref>

Between 1999 and 2009, Langen was a member of the [[European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy|Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]], where he served as the European People's Party [[rapporteur]] for public services whose remit included competition cases.<ref>[http://www.politico.eu/article/german-army-faces-commission-tax-evasion-inquiry/ German army faces Commission tax evasion inquiry] ''[[European Voice]]'', December 18, 2002.</ref>

Between 2006 and 2012, Langen chaired the CDU/CSU delegation to the European Parliament. In this capacity, he once again served as a member of the CDU executive board, this time under the party's then chairwoman, [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]]. In 2010, he was a CDU delegate to the [[Federal Convention (Germany)|Federal Convention]] for the purpose of electing the [[President of Germany]].

From 2014 until 2019, Langen was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Countryside, Hunting and Recreational Fisheries.<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_03_Biodiversity_coutryside_hunting_and_recreational_fisheries.pdf Member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Countryside, Hunting and Recreational Fisheries] [[European Parliament]].</ref>

==Other activities==
* [[Konrad Adenauer Foundation]] (KAS), Member<ref>[http://www.kas.de/wf/de/71.4891/ Members] [[Konrad Adenauer Foundation]] (KAS).</ref>
* European Energy Forum (EEF), Member
* German European Security Association (GESA), Founding Member
* Kangaroo Group, Member
* Ludwig Erhard Foundation, Member
* Pollichia, Member

==References==
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==Links==
*{{cite web| url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=DE&partNumber=2&language=EN&id=1928| title =MEP profile: Werner LANGEN| publisher = [[European Parliament]] | access-date = 2011-02-26 }}
*{{cite web| url = http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/bundestag/committees/a21/members.html | title = Members of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union | publisher = [[Bundestag]] | access-date = 2011-02-26 }}
*{{cite web| url = http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/ausschuesse17/a21/fotoliste.html | title = Ausschuss für die Angelegenheiten der Europäischen Union: Fotoliste der Mitglieder |trans-title=Committee on European Union Affairs: Photographic list of members  | publisher = [[Bundestag]] | language = de | access-date = 2011-02-26 }}

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