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.

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

* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28166 European Parliament biography]
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/28166_21-06-2004.PDF Declaration of financial interests] (in French; PDF file)