Paul Vergès
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Paul Vergès (born 5 March 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand) is a Réunionese politician. Vergès founded the Communist Party of Réunion in 1959, a party which he led until he retired in 1993. He made a political comeback at the 2004 European Parliament elections, when he was elected as the third candidate on the list of the French Communist Party, which is part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. Vergès sits in the European Parliament's Committee on Development.
He is the current President of the regional council of Réunion.
He is also a member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, vice-chair of the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.
He is the twin of Jacques Vergès, a famous lawyer.
He was the first person to use the Euro in a consumer purchase when he bought a bag of lychees.
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