Karim Zéribi (; born 25 September 1966) is a French politician of

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. Zéribi was born in

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, France, and succeeded socialist politician

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as representative for the South-East constituency. Zéribi changed parties to EELV in 2010. Two of his three Algerian grandparents are of

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origin and one grandparent is French (citizen or origin).

Judicial inquiry

Karim Zéribi is suspected to have embezzled 50,000 euros of subsidies. He was placed in police custody on 8 April 2015.

References

1966 births Living people Stade Lavallois players Men's association football defenders Politicians from Avignon Europe Ecology – The Greens politicians Europe Ecology – The Greens MEPs MEPs for France 2009–2014 French people of Kabyle descent MEPs for South-East France 2009–2014 {{France-MEP-stub