Harlem Désir
Harlem Désir | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State for European Affairs | |
| In office 9 April 2014 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Thierry Repentin |
| Succeeded by | Marielle de Sarnez |
| 11th First Secretary of the Socialist Party | |
| In office 18 October 2012 – 9 April 2014 (acting: 16 September 2012 – 18 October 2012) | |
| Preceded by | Martine Aubry |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Christophe Cambadélis |
| In office 30 June 2011 – 16 October 2011 (acting) | |
| Preceded by | Martine Aubry |
| Succeeded by | Martine Aubry |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 1999 – 8 April 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Christine Revault d'Allonnes-Bonnefoy |
| Constituency | France |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1959 Paris, France |
| Political party | French: Socialist Party EU: Party of European Socialists |
| Alma mater | University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne |
Harlem Jean-Philippe Désir (French: [aʁlɛm deziʁ]; born 25 November 1959) is a French politician who served as leader of the Socialist Party (PS) from 2012 to 2014.
First widely known as a community activist and as the first president of SOS Racisme in the 1980s, Désir subsequently entered politics in the 1990s, first in Génération Écologie then in the PS. He served as MEP from 1999 to 2014 and then served in the government of France as Secretary of State for European Affairs from 2014 to 2017. From 2017 to 2020, he served as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media.