Walwari () is a

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in the French overseas department and region of

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

, founded in 1992 by

Christiane Taubira Christiane Marie Taubira (; born 2 February 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Justice of France in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls under President François Hollande from 2012 until 20 ...

and her husband Roland Delannon."Le parti historique de Christiane Taubira privé de dons défiscalisés"
''Capital'' (in French), 10 February 2022.

Representation

The party had one seat in the

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in the

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of the

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(PS); it was held by Taubira from 1993 to 2012 who also served as a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP) from 1994 to 1999. It is aligned with the

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socia ...

(PRG) and has arranged local electoral alliances with the radical independentist

Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement The Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement (french: Mouvement de décolonisation et d'émancipation sociale, MDES) is a pro-independence political party in French Guiana. Platform The principal platform of the party is the demand for in ...

(MDES).

References

1992 establishments in French Guiana Political parties in French Guiana Socialism in French Guiana Socialist parties in France {{FrenchGuiana-stub