Vincent Peillon

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 Agriculture and Rural Development.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Within the PS, he is often considered as a close supporter of 2007 presidential candidate Ségolène Royal.

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)

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)

External links

• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF file)
• Wikipedia page in French
• Vincent Peillon's blog
• http://www.espoir-a-gauche.fr/