Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 2 December 1954) is a

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Political career

Bennahmias was National secretary of the Green Party (1997–2001), Regional councillor (1992–1996) and Chairman of the Green Group on the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council (2004-2010),

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(2004-2014). He joined in 2007 the Democratic Movement, and sat on the

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and was also a substitute for the

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, a substitute for the

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, a member of the delegation for relations with South Africa, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with

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. Bennahmias was the candidate of the Democratic Movement for the municipal elections in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

in March 2008. He left the centrist party to create his own centre-left party in 2014.

Professional career

* Advanced Technician's Certificate (1976) * University diploma in training (1984) * Journalist (1974–1994)

Personal life

He is of Sephardi Jew descent.

References

External links

European Parliament biography

Declaration of financial interests
(in French; PDF file)
Marseille Democrate - Unofficial website of the Democratic Movement in Marseille
in French) 1954 births Living people Politicians from Paris MEPs for South-East France 2004–2009 MEPs for South-East France 2009–2014 Democratic Movement (France) politicians Democratic Movement (France) MEPs The Greens (France) MEPs 20th-century French Sephardi Jews {{France-politician-MoDem-stub