Robert Hue

Robert Hue
Member of the French Senate
for Val-d'Oise
In office
1 October 2004  1 October 2017
Preceded byMarie-Claude Beaudeau
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency
In office
12 June 1997  19 June 2002
Preceded byGeorges Mothron
Succeeded byGeorges Mothron
National Secretary of the French Communist Party
In office
29 January 1994  28 October 2001
Preceded byGeorges Marchais
Succeeded byMarie-George Buffet
Personal details
Born (1946-10-19) 19 October 1946
Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
Political partyPCF
SpouseMarie-Édith
Children2
ProfessionOrderly

Robert Hue (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ y]; born 19 October 1946) is a French politician who was National Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1994 to 2001 and President of the PCF from 2001 to 2002. He served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of France from 1997 to 2002, and he has served in the Senate of France between 2004 and 2017.

Hue was a candidate in the 1995 presidential election, in which he received 8.7% of the vote, and in the 2002 presidential election, in which he won 3.37%.

He is married to Marie-Édith, and he is father of two (Charles and Cécilia).