Bureau
| President of the Liberal International |
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Incumbent Hans van Baalen |
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| Residence | London |
| Term length | 18 months, renewable twice |
| Inaugural holder | Salvador de Madariaga 1948 |
| Formation | Oxford Manifesto April, 1947 |
| Website | http://www.hansvanbaalen.nl |
The president of Liberal International is Hans van Baalen, leader of the delegation and spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence for the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament. Immediate past President is Lord Alderdice, a British Liberal Democrat peer who was leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. Other members of the bureau include Deputy President Juli Minoves Triquell, Vice Presidents Abir Al-Sahlani, Dzhevdet Chakarov, Wolfgang Gerhardt, Mamadou Lamine Ba, Hsiao Bi-khim, Josep Soler, and treasurers Art Eggleton and Robert Woodthorpe Browne. The secretary general is Emil Kirjas, a former president of the International Federation of Liberal Youth. Former Presidents of Liberal International include Dutch politician and former European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein and German politician Otto Graf Lambsdorff.
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