Pierre Schapira

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Pierre Lionel Georges Schapira (born 10 December 1944 in Algiers) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-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 Development.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with Israeland the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

[edit] Career

• Diploma as dental surgeon (1971)
• Deputy Mayor of Paris with responsibility for international relations and the French-Speaking World
• Former Vice-President of the French Economic and Social Council (1984-2004)
• Former Commissioner, National Commission for Information Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) (1999-2004)
• Knight of the Legion of Honour

[edit] External links

• Official website (in French)
• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF file)