Jean-Claude Fruteau (6 June 1947 – 28 April 2022)
was a French politician and a

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, which was part of the

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, and was vice-chair of the

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. He was also a substitute for the

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and a substitute for the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Career

* Highest postgraduate teaching qualification in language and literature (1972) * Teacher in higher education, with the highest postgraduate teaching qualification * First federal secretary, Réunion Socialist Party (1981–2000) * Mayor of Saint-Benoît (Réunion) (1983–1999) * Member of the Réunion Departmental Council (since 1982) * Member of the European Parliament (1999–2007) * Member of the French Parliament (2007–2017)

References

External links

Official website
(in French)
European Parliament biography

Declaration of financial interests
(in French;

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