Karl A. Lamers (born 12 February 1951 in Duisburg) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), currently serving as Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee of the German Parliament. From 2010 to 2012 he was the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He was elected Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Bundestag in 2005 and is still holding this office. He is a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since 1998 and was elected its President in Warsaw on 16 November 2010. Lamers also acts as President of the Atlantic Treaty Association since 2008, succeeding Robert E. Hunter, who held the office from 2003 to 2008.