Farid Ghehiouèche
Farid Ghehiouèche | |
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Ghehiouèche (1st on the left) with FAAAT's leadership at the Vienna International Centre in 2018 | |
| Born | 25 July 1971 Chalon-sur-Saône, France |
| Citizenship | France |
| Occupation | Essayist |
| Organization(s) | ASUD, ENCOD, FAAAT, Info Birmanie, NORML France |
| Known for | Cannabis legalization |
| Political party | Cannabis Without Borders |
| Other political affiliations | Formerly: The Greens, Pirate Party |
| Board member of | Board member: ENCOD, ASUD |
Farid Ghehiouèche (born in 1971 in Villefranche-sur-Saône) is a French author, activist and politician, known for his involvement for cannabis and other drugs liberalization, and in pacifist, ecologist, freedom of speech, gender equality, right of asylum and prison abolition social movements. He has been active since the 1990s in France and in international organizations (European Union and United Nations).
Since 2023 he has been chairman of the non-governmental organization ENCOD and was selected as a member of the Standing Scientific Committee on Psychotropics, Narcotics and Addiction of the French Medicines Agency.