Gérard Onesta (born 5 August 1960) is a French politician and was
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 European Coal and Steel Commu ...
for the South West of France.
He is a member of
Europe Écologie–The Greens
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, part of the
European Greens. On 20 July 2004 he was re-elected a Member of the
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adop ...
, and he was elected four times one of its
Vice-Presidents. His successor is
José Bové
Joseph "José" Bové (born 11 June 1953) is a French farmer, politician and syndicalist, member of the alter-globalization movement, and spokesman for Via Campesina. He was one of the twelve official candidates in the 2007 French presidential ele ...
.
In March 2010 regional election, he is the leader of Europe Écologie–The Greens in Midi-Pyrénées.
Onesta defines himself as a
European federalist, with strong proclivities for regionalism.
Trivia
His cousin
Claude Onesta
Claude Onesta, (born 6 February 1957 in Albi, France), is a French handball coach, responsible of France's Men's handball team from 2001 to 2016.
Currently he is holding the position of General Manager of French Men's National Handball Team sin ...
is the coach of the 5 fold champion
France men's national handball team.
External links
Gérard Onestaofficial website
European Parliament: Gérard Onesta
1960 births
Living people
People from Albi
MEPs for South-West France 2004–2009
The Greens (France) MEPs
MEPs for France 1999–2004
Europe Ecology – The Greens politicians
French people of Italian descent
Politicians from Occitania (administrative region)
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