Henri Weber

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Henri Weber (born 23 June 1944 in Leninabad, Soviet Union) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. He is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a member of the delegation to the EURussia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Japan.

[edit] Career

  • Doctorate in philosophy
  • Doctorate in politics
  • Assistant lecturer (1968-1976), then senior lecturer (1976-1995) at the University of Paris VIII
  • National secretary of the Socialist Party, with responsibility for national education, then for training, culture and the media (1993-2003)
  • Member of the Socialist Party's policy bureau, with responsibility for universities
  • Deputy mayor of Saint-Denis (1988-1995)
  • Member of Dieppe Municipal Council (1995-2001)
  • Senator (1995-2004)
  • Member of the European Parliament (1997)
  • Treasurer of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation (1988-1997)
  • Essayist

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