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Klaus Hänsch (born 15 December 1938 in Sprottau) is a German Politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament representing the SPD from 17 July 1979 until 13 July 2009 and sat with the Party of European Socialists group.He was Vice-chairman of the PES group since 1989 except during his service as President of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1997.