Patrick Le Hyaric

Patrick Le Hyaric (born 4 February 1957 in Orléans, Loiret) is a French journalist, politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP),[1] elected in the 2009 European election for the Île-de-France constituency. He is the director of the newspaper L'Humanité since 2000, when he replaced Pierre Zarka.

Patrick Le Hyaric
Patrick Le Hyaric in 2017
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2009–2019
ConstituencyÎle-de-France
Personal details
Born (1957-02-04) 4 February 1957
Orléans, France
Political partyPCF
ProfessionJournalist

Le Hyaric is a member of the executive of the French Communist Party and also the federal secretary of the Communist federation in the Morbihan. In 2004, he led the PCF list in the West constituency. The PCF list obtained 4.1% in the constituency, but no MEPs were elected.[2]

In 2009, he was selected to lead the Left Front list in the Île-de-France constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections. His list won 6.32% of the vote, and he was elected to the European Parliament.[3]

References

  1. "Your MEPs : Patrick LE HYARIC". Europa. European Parliament. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. Les nouveaux programmes de la 2ème chaîne | INA (in French), retrieved 2022-09-19
  3. "8ème législature | Patrick LE HYARIC | Députés | Parlement européen". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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