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Kader Arif
Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces
In office
2012–2014
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Manuel Valls
Preceded byMarc Laffineur
Succeeded byJean-Marc Todeschini
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2004–2012
ConstituencySouth-East France
Personal details
Born (1959-07-03) 3 July 1959 (age 64)
Algiers, Algeria
Political party French
Socialist Party
 EU
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.

Early career

He played as hooker for the French rugby union club Castres Olympique.[1]

Political career

Early beginnings

Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2012

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]

Junior Minister for Veterans, 2012–2014

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]

Political positions

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Portrait de Kader Arif Archived 8 September 2012 at archive.today
  2. ^ Estelle Gross (6 July 2011), Primaire : qui soutient qui au PS ? L'Obs.
  3. ^ Masnick, Mike (26 January 2012). "European Parliament Official in Charge of ACTA Quits, and Denounces the 'Masquerade' Behind ACTA". Techdirt.
  4. ^ The ‘Yes’, ‘No’ and ‘Maybe’ team European Voice, May 23, 2012.
  5. ^ "Another French minister resigns over suspected ethics breach". reuters.com. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  6. ^ "More bad for Hollande as close ally resigns". rfi.fr. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. ^ Arnaud Focraud (12 December 2016) Primaire de la gauche : pour qui votent les ministres? Le Journal du Dimanche.
  8. ^ Pierre Lepelletier (7 March 2018), Congrès du PS : qui soutient qui ? Le Figaro.

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