Harlem Désir
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| Harlem Désir | |
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| 11th First Secretary of the Socialist Party | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office October 18, 2012 | |
| In office September 16, 2012 – October 18, 2012 (As Acting First Secretary) | |
| In office June 30, 2011 – October 16, 2011 (As Acting First Secretary) | |
| Preceded by | Martine Aubry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1959 Paris, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Angeli Marianne Sauterey (divorced) |
| Children | two |
| Alma mater | University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne |
Harlem Désir (French: [aʁ.lɛm de.ziʁ], born 25 November 1959 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France since 1999. He currently chairs the French Socialist Party (PS).
Early life and education
Harlem-Jean-Philippe Désir is the son of a Martinican father and an Alsatian mother.[1] He studied at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, where he earned a license in philosophy in 1983.
SOS Racism
He was the first president of the French anti-racist organisation SOS Racisme between 1984 and 1992. Accused of misusing public assets from 1986 to 1987, he was sentenced to an 18 months suspended sentence and a 30 000 francs fine in 1998.[2]
Political career
Harlem Désir was elected for the first time to the European Parliament in 1999. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2009.
He is member of the Capital Tax, Fiscal Systems and Globalisation Intergroup of the European Parliament, to whom was presented Denis Robert and Ernest Backes's book, Revelation$, in March 2001.[3]
Party leader
See also: Toulouse Congress, 2012
On 30 June 2011, he was the delegate first secretary of the Socialist Party during the Martine Aubry bid for the Socialist Party primary, who started her campaign for presidential election of 2012 on 28 June 2011. After the resignation of Martine Aubry on September 16, 2012, he again became First Secretary of the Socialist Party by interim.
Endorsed by Martine Aubry and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault before the 2012 Party Congress,[4] he was elected First Secretary of the party on October 18, 2012.[5] He became the first black person to lead a major European political party.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Nouvel Obs - 12-09-2012 - Direction du PS: Harlem Désir, un successeur consensuel pour Martine Aubry - Né en 1959 d'un père antillais et d'une mère alsacienne, Harlem Désir grandit à Bagneux, en banlieue parisienne et étudie la philosophie.
- ↑ Les hommes politiques condamnés et réélus, L'Express, 22 juin 2009.
- ↑ "Tobin Tax Call" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ↑ Brian Love, "Veteran Socialist Desir set to lead France's ruling party", Reuters, 12 September 2012.
- ↑ Joseph Bamat: Harlem Désir, France's first black president? France24, October 19, 2012
- ↑ "French MEP to make history after becoming first black man to lead the Socialists in Europe". Dailymail.co.uk. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
External links
Media related to Harlem Désir at Wikimedia Commons
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Martine Aubry |
Leader of the Socialist Party 2012–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by François Rebsamen |
National Secretary for the Coordination of the Socialist Party 2008–2012 |
Succeeded by Guillaume Bachelay |
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| Preceded by Position created |
President of SOS Racism 1984–1992 |
Succeeded by Fodé Sylla |
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