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François Kalfon

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François Kalfon
Portrait of François Kalfon
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Personal details
Born (1968-06-11) 11 June 1968 (age 56)
Sarcelles, France
Political partySocialist Party
Other political
affiliations
Party of European Socialists

François Kalfon (born 11 June 1968) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]

Early life and career

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Kalfon was born in Sarcelles in 1968.[2] He was elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France in 2004, and was re-elected in 2010 and 2015.[3] Until 2015 he was the Socialist Party's national secretary for work and employment, and he was also a co-founder of La Gauche populaire and administrator of Île-de-France Mobilités.[3] During the 2011 Socialist Party presidential primary he worked on the campaign of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and during the 2017 presidential primary he was the campaign director of Arnaud Montebourg.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Elections européennes 2024 : qui sont les nouveaux députés européens du Parti socialiste (PS) ?". Toute l'Europe (in French). 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ "François Kalfon". European Parliament.
  3. ^ a b "Vos élus seine-et-marnais au conseil régional d'Ile-de-France". Le Parisien (in French). 14 December 2015.
  4. ^ "François Kalfon, le chef d'orchestre de la campagne Montebourg". Le Figaro (in French). 21 August 2016.