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Kader Arif | |
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Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister |
Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls |
Preceded by | Marc Laffineur |
Succeeded by | Jean-Marc Todeschini |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 2004–2012 | |
Constituency | South-East France |
Personal details | |
Born | Algiers, Algeria | 3 July 1959
Political party | ![]() Socialist Party ![]() Party of European Socialists |
Kader Arif ( Arabic: قادر عريف; born 3 July 1959 in Algiers) is a French politician of the French Socialist Party (PS) who served as Junior Minister for Veterans to the French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian from 2012 until 2014. Prior to this, he was a Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France.
He played as hooker for the French rugby union club Castres Olympique. [1]
During his time as Member of the European Parliament, Arif served on the Committee on International Trade. He was also a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegations to the EU- Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.
In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Arif endorsed François Hollande as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election. [2]
In January 2012, Arif resigned as the European Parliament's rapporteur of the ACTA agreement in protest against the ACTA agreement. [3]
On 16 May 2012, Arif was appointed Junior Minister for Veterans at the French Ministry of Defence in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault by President François Hollande. [4]
On 21 November 2014, Arif resigned due to suspicion on fraud and opening of judicial inquiry. [5] [6]
In the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Arif supported Vincent Peillon as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year. [7]
Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2018 convention in Aubervilliers, Arif publicly endorsed Olivier Faure as candidate for the party's leadership. [8]
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Kader Arif | |
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Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister |
Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls |
Preceded by | Marc Laffineur |
Succeeded by | Jean-Marc Todeschini |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 2004–2012 | |
Constituency | South-East France |
Personal details | |
Born | Algiers, Algeria | 3 July 1959
Political party | ![]() Socialist Party ![]() Party of European Socialists |
Kader Arif ( Arabic: قادر عريف; born 3 July 1959 in Algiers) is a French politician of the French Socialist Party (PS) who served as Junior Minister for Veterans to the French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian from 2012 until 2014. Prior to this, he was a Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France.
He played as hooker for the French rugby union club Castres Olympique. [1]
During his time as Member of the European Parliament, Arif served on the Committee on International Trade. He was also a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegations to the EU- Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.
In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Arif endorsed François Hollande as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election. [2]
In January 2012, Arif resigned as the European Parliament's rapporteur of the ACTA agreement in protest against the ACTA agreement. [3]
On 16 May 2012, Arif was appointed Junior Minister for Veterans at the French Ministry of Defence in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault by President François Hollande. [4]
On 21 November 2014, Arif resigned due to suspicion on fraud and opening of judicial inquiry. [5] [6]
In the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Arif supported Vincent Peillon as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year. [7]
Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2018 convention in Aubervilliers, Arif publicly endorsed Olivier Faure as candidate for the party's leadership. [8]