Henri Malosse

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President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
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April 2013 October 2015
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Born (1954-10-06) 6 October 1954 (age 69)
Montpellier, France

Henri Malosse (born 6 October 1954 in Montpellier, France) is a French Politician and representative of the business world. he has been the 30th President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) (April 2013 - October 2015).

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Henri Malosse, former EESC President with Ruslana Lyzhychko and Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, at the 01/2014 EESC Plenary in Brussels. Ruslana in Brussels.JPG
Henri Malosse, former EESC President with Ruslana Lyzhychko and José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, at the 01/2014 EESC Plenary in Brussels.

Henri Malosse was born in Montpellier in a family of professors from Corsica. [1] He graduated from the Sciences Po in 1976. [2]

He began exploring the cultures of Germany, Eastern Europe and speaks Polish, Russian English and German.[ citation needed ]

Henri Malosse supported strongly the freedom's movement in Poland (Solidarnosc), met Lech Walesa in 1976 in Gdansk and was banned by the polish communist regime of Jaruzelski during 8 years. He has been harassed by the secret police of the polish communist regime. His file can be found in the archivum of IPN in Warsaw. [ citation needed ]

He was involved in European policies for SMEs, inspiring the creation of the Euro Info Centres. [1] He worked to create the Delegation of the Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry to the European Union, and assumed its Direction six years later. [1] He also participated in the European Association of Small and Medium Enterprises at the European Parliament. [1]

In 1995 he was appointed by the French government in the European Economic and Social Committee - EESC, the 5th Institution of the European Union, writing more than 50 reports including a critic of the posted workers directive. He was the chair of the pre-accession EU-Bulgaria Consultative Committee, and of the Employer's Group from 2016 to 2013 - In 2013, He was elected the 30th President of the EESC. [3]

His presidency took attention to the European media thanks to his critical position on EU stand to Greece during the financial crisis . He signed a Protocol of cooperation with Martin Schulz, the President of the European parliament.[ citation needed ]

He was the first EU representative to participate at Euromaidan in Kiev in December 2013[ citation needed ] and to pay a visit to the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamsala on 10 March 2014. [4] His political engagement raised a lot of criticism from the Chinese Communist Party and their supporters in Europe. He was also put temporarily on a blacklist by the Russian federation.[ citation needed ]

On 15 October 2014, Henri Malosse received the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the former President of the French Republic, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, in Brussels. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Henri Malosse". Conference-europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  2. "Rencontre avec Henri Malosse | Actualités | Actualités et agenda". Lecese.fr. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  3. "EESC - The President".
  4. "President Malosse calls for a dialogue between China and Tibet and human rights ahead of pandas!". 2014-03-31.
  5. "Décret du 18 avril 2014 portant promotion et nomination". Legifrance. 2014-10-24.