Henri Weber
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Henri Weber | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2004–2014 | |
| Member of the French Senate for Seine-Maritime | |
| In office 1995–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1944 Leninabad, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Khujand, Tajikistan) |
| Died | 26 April 2020 (aged 75) Avignon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Fabienne Servan-Schreiber |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber (father-in-law) |
Henri Weber (23 June 1944 – 26 April 2020) was a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. He was a member of the Socialist Party (PS), which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.
Weber was born in Leninabad (now Khujand), Tajikistan, Soviet Union, from Jewish parents. His father was a watchmaker. Henri Weber was an activist in the May 1968 uprising and was a leading member of the Trotskyist Jeunesse communiste révolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist Youth) and Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) before joining the PS.[citation needed]
He was also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a member of the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Japan.[citation needed]
Weber died, aged 75, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[1]
Career
- Doctorate in philosophy
- Doctorate in politics
- Assistant lecturer (1968–1976), then senior lecturer (1976–1995) at the University of Paris VIII
- National secretary of the Socialist Party, with responsibility for national education, then for training, culture and the media (1993–2003)
- Member of the Socialist Party's policy bureau, with responsibility for universities
- Deputy mayor of Saint-Denis (1988–1995)
- Member of Dieppe Municipal Council (1995–2001)
- Senator (1995–2004)
- Member of the European Parliament (1997)
- Treasurer of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation (1988–1997)
- Essayist
References
- ^ Duc, Olivier (27 April 2020). "Coronavirus : le décès de Henri Weber, figure du PS et de mai 68" [Coronavirus: the death of Henri Weber, figure of the PS and of May 68]. France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
External links
- European Parliament biography
- Declaration of financial interests[permanent dead link] (in French; PDF file)
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