Élie Hoarau (born July 8, 1938 in

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) is a Reunionese politician and member of the Communist Party of Réunion. He is the husband of

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Gélita Hoarau. Hoarau was elected as a member of the

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from 1986 to 1987, 1988 to 1993, and from 1997 to 2001. He served as mayor of

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between 1982 and 2001. He had to resign, after being sentenced on July 6, 2000, to 1 year imprisonment with suspended sentence and 50.000 FRF (7500 €) fine because of

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. Hoarau has served as Secretary General of the Communist Party of Réunion since 1993. In 2009, Hoarau was elected as a member of the

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for the DOM-TOM constituency in the 2009 European elections. He resigned in December 2011,rtl.re
/ref> and was substituted by Younous Omarjee.

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