Jean-Luc Romero

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Jean-Luc Romero (born June 30, 1959 at Béthune, Pas-de-Calais) is a French politician, writer and NGO leader.

Biography

Since 1986, Romero is Parlement assistant of Pierre-Rémy Houssin (from 1986 to 1997), Jean-Marie Demange (1997) and Guy Drut (from 1997 to 2000). Since 2001, he is solidarity director at Vigneux-sur-Seine (Essonne). Romero was outed as gay by the French magazine eM@le and subsequently sued them.[1]

In May 2002, Jean-Luc Romero became the first French politician who revealed having AIDS.[2]

Since 2005, he has been working for the Presidency of the Association pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité,[3] a NGO member of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies who co-organized the 17th world conference about euthanasia in Paris.[4]

He is a former national Secretary of UMP about AIDS and was a candidate for office in Paris in 2008.

He joined Socialist Party in December 2009[5] and was elected with Anne Hidalgo in Jean-Paul Huchon's campaign.

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Notes

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  2. ↑ (French) Evénement : 1er homme politique à révéler sa séropositivité
  3. ↑ http://www.romero-blog.fr/archive/2006/09/10/la-france-doit-compter-dans-le-combat-mondial-pour-l%E2%80%99euthana.html
  4. ↑ (English) World Euthanasia conference in Paris from October 30 to November 2, 2008
  5. ↑ http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2009/12/07/01011-20091207FILWWW00461-regionalesromero-quitte-l-ump-pour-le-ps.php
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