Patrick Gaubert (born 6 July 1948) is a Paris-born

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who was a

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for the

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through 2009. He is a member of the

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, which is part of the European People's Party, and was vice-chair of the

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. He was also a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the delegation for relations with

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Gaubert was one of six Members of the European Parliament who participated in the European Union's observer mission in

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

for the October 2007 Togolese parliamentary election."Arrivée à Lomé des députés européens"
, Republicoftogo.com, October 11, 2007 .

Career

* Doctor of dental surgery, attached to the Paris hospitals * Special adviser in the office of the Minister for the Interior (France), with responsibility for measures against racism (1986–1988) * Special adviser in the office of the Minister of State and Minister for the Interior and Regional Planning (both France), with responsibility for combating racism and xenophobia (1993–1995) * Coordinator of national and departmental units in France for combating racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia * Member of Courbevoie (France) Municipal Council * Chairman of the RPR group on Courbevoie (France) Municipal Council (1982–1986) * President of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (

LICRA The International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism—or Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme (LICRA) in French—was established in 1927, and is opposed to intolerance, xenophobia and exclusion. In 1927, French journ ...

) (since 1999) * Member of the Internet Ethics Committee (since 2004) *

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of the (French) National Order of Merit (1995) *

of the (French)

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(2001)

References

1948 births Living people Politicians from Paris MEPs for Île-de-France 2004–2009 Union for a Popular Movement MEPs French dentists Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-MEP-stub