Jacques Cheminade
Jacques Cheminade, born August 20, 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a French political activist. He is associated with the LaRouche movement, an international network of groups led by the American political activist, Lyndon LaRouche.
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[edit] Education and professional life
After graduating from the HEC Paris, law school, and the École nationale d'administration, Cheminade became a career officer in the Directorate of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, a position he held until 1981.[1]
[edit] Political career
Cheminade met Lyndon LaRouche in 1977 and joined his movement in France. He was appointed general secretary of the Parti Ouvrier Européen (POE: see European Workers Party) from 1982 to 1989. The POE was replaced in 1991 by the Fédération pour une Nouvelle Solidarité (FNS, Federation for a New Solidarity).
He was a candidate for the French presidential election, 1995 with 0.28 % of the votes.[2]
Since 1996, he has been the chairman of one of LaRouche's political parties, Solidarité et Progrès (Solidarity and Progress).[2] He is a regular columnist in their weekly newspaper Nouvelle Solidarité.
In November 2005, Cheminade was a panelist at the conference of Axis for Peace in Belgium.[1]
In the 2007 French presidential race, he endorsed Ségolène Royal.[3] He is now a candidate for the 2012 presidential election.
On January 31, 2012, Cheminade announced that he had obtained the necessary 500 commitments from elected officials that are required for ballot status in the presidential election. Cheminade will run on a platform of:
- separation of commercial banking from investment banking, to end the "casino economy."
- a system of public credit for major development projects.
- investment in "human creativity."
- a Eurasian/Transpacific alliance against the "world of finance."
- the removal of heads of state who "lead us blindly into chaos and war."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Qui est Jacques Cheminade". France Soir. 31 January 2012. http://www.francesoir.fr/actualite/politique/qui-est-jacques-cheminade-179666.html.
- ^ a b que sait-on de solidarité et progrés ? Larouche - Cheminade
- ^ Solidarité & Progrès - L’appel de Jacques Cheminade pour le vote en faveur de Ségolène Royal en France
[edit] External links
- Transcript of an interview with Cheminade
- Mémoire sur Jacques Cheminade, candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 1995 (in French)
- Cheminade for the 2012 presidential elections (in French)
- Solidarité et Progrès website (in French)
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