Jean-Luc Bennahmias
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Jean-Luc Bennahmias is a French politician
Politics of France
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 and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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 for the south-east of France
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. He is a member of the Democratic Movement
Democratic Movement (France)
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 (formerly French Green Party, part of the European Greens), and sits on the European Parliament
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's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education, a substitute for the Committee on Petitions, a member of the delegation for relations with South Africa
South Africa
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, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Canada
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.

Bennahmias is currently the candidate of the Democratic Movement
Democratic Movement (France)
The Democratic Movement , MoDem) is a centrist, social liberal and pro-European French political party that was founded by centrist politician François Bayrou to succeed his Union for French Democracy and to contest the 2007 legislative election, after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential...

 for the municipal elections in Marseille
Marseille
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, to be held in March 2008.

Career

  • Advanced Technician's Certificate (1976)
  • University diploma in training (1984)
  • Journalist (1974–1994)
  • National secretary of the Green Party (1997–2001)
  • Regional councillor (1992–1996)
  • Chairman of the Green Group on the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council (since 2004)

External links

  • European Parliament biography
  • Declaration of financial interests (in French
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     file)
  • Marseille Democrate - Unofficial website of the Democratic Movement in Marseille(in French
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    )
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