Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
Constituency | Germany |
Personal details | |
Born | Pierrette Gabrielle Fofana March 20,1949 Bamako,Mali |
Citizenship | Germany |
Children | 3 |
Occupation | Politician |
Pierrette Gabrielle Herzberger-Fofana (born 20 March 1949) is a German-Malian politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and member of the European Parliament.
Herzberger-Fofana grew up in Senegal. She graduated in Paris in German sociolinguistics and obtained a further degree from the University of Trier. [1] She earned her doctorate at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with a dissertation that addressed women's literature in francophone sub-Saharan Africa. [2]
In 2005,Herzberger-Fofana was first elected to the city council of Erlangen. She was one of the fifteen recipients of the 2009 Helene-Weber-Preis,which is awarded to women engaged in municipal politics. She is a board member of DaMigra,the umbrella organization of immigrant organizations. [3]
Herzberger-Fofana moved into the European Parliament on the 21st place in the European list of Alliance 90 / The Greens in the 2019 European elections in Germany 2019. [4] She is currently Germany's only black MEP. [5]
Herzberger-Fofana in the 2019-2024 legislature serves on the Committee on Development,holding one of four vice-chair positions. [6] In addition to her committee assignments,Herzberger-Fofana is part of the Parliament's delegations for relations with the Pan-African Parliament and to the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee. She also co-chairs the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup. [7]
She has three children. [8] [2]
On 17 June 2020,Herzberger-Fofana claimed to have been harassed by two police officers in Brussels. [9] The accusation was made in the chamber of the European parliament. Brussels prosecutors issued a criminal complaint against her for defamation as well as for “acting rebelliously and insulting police officers”. [10]
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