- Paul Vergès
Infobox Politician | name=Paul Vergès
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caption = Paul Vergès next toMaud Fontenoy andPatrick Poivre d'Arvor , from the magazine "2512"
birth_date =5 March 1925
birth_place =Ubon Ratchathani ,Thailand
death_date =
death_place =
office =European Parliament
term_start = 2004
term_end =
constituency =
office2 = Chairman of theCommunist Party of Réunion
term_start2 = 1959
term_end2 = 1993
party =Communist Party of Réunion
spouse =
website = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=FR&partNumber=1&zone=Outre-Mer&language=EN&id=1490 European Parliament biography]Paul Vergès (born
5 March 1925 inUbon Ratchathani ,Thailand ) is aRéunion ese politician. Vergès founded theCommunist Party of Réunion in 1959, a party which he led until he retired in 1993. He made a political comeback at the2004 European Parliament elections , when he was elected as the third candidate on the list of theFrench Communist Party , which is part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.cite web |date=2007 |url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/inOut/viewOutgoing.do;jsessionid=12CB1C8C8232CDE7721859CCBCB0ED23.node1?id=1490&language=EN|title = MEP profile|format = HTML |publisher =European Union | accessdate = 2008-04-13 | last= |quote=] Vergès sits in theEuropean Parliament 'sCommittee on Development .He is the current President of the regional council of
Réunion .He is also a member of the
Subcommittee on Human Rights , a substitute for theCommittee on Regional Development , vice-chair of theACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries ofCentral America .He is the twin of
Jacques Vergès , a famous and controversial lawyer.References
External links
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=FR&partNumber=1&zone=Outre-Mer&language=EN&id=1490 European Parliament biography]
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/1490_19-07-2004.PDF Declaration of financial interests] (in French; PDF file)
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