John Alexander Corrie

John Alexander Corrie, Honorary Life President of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly will on Monday, 8th of September deliver a lecture on EU's contribution to Africa's Development. The lecture will be in the Auditorium at 6.00 pm and staff, students, alumni and friends are all welcome. 

Born on 29th July 1935, Mr Corrie was educated at Kirkcudbright Academy; George Watsons College, Edinburgh; and Lincoln Agricultural College, New Zealand. He was a Conservative Member of British Parliament for Bute and North Ayrshire between 1974 and 1983, and Cunninghame North between 1983 and 1987.

In 1979, he introduced a private members bill to reduce upper time limit on abortion in Britain. He was awarded the Wilberforce Plaque for Humane Work 1981.

Mr Corrie served as a member of the European Assembly 1975-1976, and from 1977 to 1979.  He served on Regional, Transport, Agricultural and External Affairs Committees. He was also the Vice-Chairman of EEC (European Economic Commission) Turkish Committee. EEC was the forerunner of EU.

Mr Corrie was Conservative Member of the European Parliament for Worcestershire and South Warwickshire between 1994 and 1999, and West Midlands Region between 1999 and 2004. He was co-ordinator of the Development Committee EPP/ED Group 1999-2004. He was the European President ACP/EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly from 1999 to 2002 and Vice-President ACP/EU from 2002 to 2004.

Mr Corrie was elected Honorary Life President ACP/EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2002.   He has also worked in many Committees, including the Development and the Budget Committees. He was a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and Rapporteur for LOME IV Mid-Term Review. He was also Rapporteur for Regional Co-operation, the Chairman of the Backbench (1979) Committee of the Conservatives in Europe from 1995 to 1997 and Chief Whip of the British Section 1997 and 1999.