Sir Graham Watson is a British politician for the Liberal Democrats Party. Between 1994 and 2014 he was a Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal Democrats; President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party between 2002 and 2004, served as President of the ALDE group between 2004 and 2009 In the 2011 Birthday Honours, in recognition of his political and public services, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth the II. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in modern languages, and before becoming a politician he worked as a freelance interpreter and translator.
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