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Harlem Désir

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Harlem Désir is the 17,731st most popular politician (down from 17,279th in 2024), the 5,340th most popular biography from France (down from 5,296th in 2019) and the 928th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harlem Désir ranks 17,731 out of 19,576. Before him are Aécio Neves, Piedad Córdoba, Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Keith Holyoake, S. I. Hayakawa, and Rustem Khamitov. After him are Selwyn Lloyd, Kathleen Sebelius, Seiko Noda, Roy Welensky, Gaetano Manfredi, and Jean-François Copé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Harlem Désir ranks 569. Before him are Magdi Abdelghani, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Acácio, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Damir Škaro, and Tatyana Kolpakova. After him are Linda Emond, Roberto Tricella, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Édson Boaro, Peter Angerer, and Janet L. Kavandi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Harlem Désir ranks 5,340 out of 6,770. Before him are Karl Toko Ekambi (1992), Antoine Rigaudeau (1971), Kristina Mladenovic (1993), Thierry Frémont (1962), Marine Delterme (1970), and Jean-François Bernard (1962). After him are Morgan Schneiderlin (1989), Jean-François Copé (1964), Éric Caritoux (1960), Yannick Bolasie (1989), Patricia Petibon (1970), and Vincent Collet (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Harlem Désir ranks 928. Before him are Gwendal Peizerat (1972), Ranulf Flambard (1060), Stéphane Séjourné (1985), Olivier Faure (1968), Claude Onesta (1957), and Jean-Pierre Bel (1951). After him are Jean-François Copé (1964), Lionel Zinsou (1953), Dominique Voynet (1958), Corinne Lepage (1951), Xavier Bertrand (1965), and Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon (1986).

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