Vincent Peillon
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Vincent Benoît Camille Peillon (born 7 July 1960 in Suresnes) 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 Industry, Research and Energy.
He is also a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
[edit] Career
- Highest postgraduate teaching qualification in philosophy (1986)
- Doctor of philosophy (1992)
- Lecturer in philosophy (1984-1997)
- Economic research director at the CNRS (national centre for scientific research) (2002-2004)
- Secretary of the Socialist Party's group of experts (1993-1994)
- Seconded to the First Secretary of the Socialist Party (1995-1997)
- National research secretary of the Socialist Party (1997-2000)
- Socialist Party national spokesman (2000-2002)
- Member of the Socialist Party national bureau (since 1994)
- Member of the National Assembly (1997-2002)
- Chairman of the National Assembly's inquiry into money laundering (1999-2002)
[edit] See also
- Clearstream scandal (with Arnaud Montebourg, he published a Parliamentary report about underground economy in Luxembourg, of which a whole chapter was dedicated to Clearstream)