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Graham Watson
Sir Graham Robert Watson (born 23 March 1956) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for South West England from 1994 until 2014 and was the leader of the Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party 2002–2004 and the first leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2004–2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Graham Watson MEP website )〕 Since 2011, he has been the President of the ALDE Party.
==Early life==
Graham Watson was born in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute (Scotland, United Kingdom). His father was an officer in the Royal Navy and his mother a teacher. Watson was educated at the City of Bath Boys' School, where he played violin in the school orchestra. He later returned to Scotland to attend Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh where he graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in modern languages.〔 He worked first as a freelance interpreter and translator and then (1980–83) as an administrator at Paisley College of Technology. He now speaks four European languages.
Watson had begun his political activity in the National League of Young Liberals in 1972. As international officer of the Scottish Young Liberals he became involved in the International Federation of Liberal Youth, becoming a vice-president (1977) then General Secretary (1979) of the organisation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=European Parliament )〕 He was a founder of the European Communities' Youth Forum.〔 He served as a council member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party between 1983 and 1993.〔 Between 1983 and 1987 he also served as head of the private office of then leader of the British Liberal Party, Sir David Steel.〔
In 1988 he began work for the bank HSBC in London and Hong Kong. His work there included three months with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and gave him an interest in the Far East. He is now an adviser to the ''Asia Pacific Public Affairs Forum'' and is learning Mandarin Chinese.〔
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