Liêm Hoang-Ngoc (; born 11 December 1964 in

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) is a Vietnamese-born French economist and

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elected in the 2009 European election for the East France constituency as a member of the

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. During his time as a Socialist, he was known to sympathise with the left of the party, and was close to

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. He is also a member of the

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collective Attac. On 16 June 2015, he left the Socialist Party to found a new movement, the "New Socialist Left", calling for unity within the broad left of the left of the Socialist Party, the Green Party, and the Left Front to counter what he sees as the supply-side economics of the current Socialist government. Hoang-Ngoc is an

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at the

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. In the 2009 European elections, he was placed second on the Socialist list for the East region. He was a candidate in the

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, in the 4th district of Haute-Garonne, as a member of

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. He gained 21% of the vote in the first round, but lost the second round to Mickaël Nogal of LREM. Liêm Hoang Ngoc who joined the political movement ''La France Insoumise'' then in early July 2018, suspended his relationship with this group for which he co-authored the economical programme.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoang Ngoc, Liem 1964 births Living people People from Ho Chi Minh City Academic staff of the University of Paris Vietnamese emigrants to France Naturalized citizens of France MEPs for East France 2009–2014 French politicians of Vietnamese descent Socialist Party (France) MEPs La France Insoumise politicians 21st-century French politicians