{"entity":"european-parliament","id":"ent_european-parliament","name":"European Parliament","predicate":"chair","label":"chair","page":"https://asof.is/record/european-parliament/chair","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, European Parliament's chair on the AsOf record is Roberta Metsola, dated January 18, 2022, from 3 primary sources (europarl.europa.eu, web.archive.org and the-president.europarl.europa.eu). 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She was elected First Vice-President in November 2020, and was Parliament’s acting President after President Sassoli passed away on 11 January 2022. On 18 January 2022, she was elected President for the second half of the 9th legislative term.","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240720140544id_/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240710IPR22805/roberta-metsola-re-elected-as-president-of-the-european-parliament"}}],"replaced":[{"claim":"clm_7B459949FEC3","value":"Jerzy Buzek","valid_from":"2009-07-14","valid_to":"2012-01-17","replaced_by":"clm_4A9630DC7C01","replaced_by_value":"Martin Schulz","replaced_from":"2012-01-17"},{"claim":"clm_4A9630DC7C01","value":"Martin Schulz","valid_from":"2012-01-17","valid_to":"2017-01-17","replaced_by":"clm_EA0324BDBB4F","replaced_by_value":"Antonio Tajani","replaced_from":"2017-01-17"},{"claim":"clm_EA0324BDBB4F","value":"Antonio Tajani","valid_from":"2017-01-17","valid_to":"2019-07-03","replaced_by":"clm_791416D8C1EF","replaced_by_value":"David Sassoli","replaced_from":"2019-07-03"},{"claim":"clm_791416D8C1EF","value":"David Sassoli","valid_from":"2019-07-03","valid_to":"2022-01-11","replaced_by":"clm_6A4C38FD906F","replaced_by_value":"Roberta Metsola","replaced_from":"2022-01-18"}],"faq":[{"question":"What is European Parliament's current chair?","answer":"Roberta Metsola, dated January 18, 2022, from 3 primary sources (europarl.europa.eu, web.archive.org and the-president.europarl.europa.eu). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."},{"question":"When did European Parliament's chair last change?","answer":"The latest value on the record is Roberta Metsola, dated January 18, 2022; before it the record holds David Sassoli, dated July 3, 2019 and closed on January 11, 2022."},{"question":"What was European Parliament's chair before Roberta Metsola?","answer":"David Sassoli, valid from July 3, 2019 to January 11, 2022 (status superseded), from 2 primary sources (historicalarchives.europarl.europa.eu and europarl.europa.eu)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}