Mr Jurgen Hardt — Foreign Policy Spokesperson, CDU/ CSU, Member of the European Parliament, Germany — delivered the Keynote Address: KAS in the ‘Maritime India’ Story in the Commemorative Session — Second NMF- KAS Symposium

About the Speaker

Mr. Jürgen Hardt is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the German Parliament since 2009.  From April 2014 until April 2018, Mr. Hardt was appointed by Chancellor Angela Merkel to be the Government’s Co-Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation. On behalf of German government, Mr. Hardt worked to strengthen Germany’s relationship with the United States and Canada. Mr. Hardt is also the Foreign Policy spokesperson of the CDU/CSU Parlia mentarian Group. Mr. Hardt has been tasked with leading of the “Working Group” of the 32 CDU members and deputy members of the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee. He is also the Deputy on the Committee for Affairs of the European Union and the Defence Committee.  In all of these positions, Mr. Hardt seek to help strengthen mutual under- standing between Germany and partners worldwide.