Jacques Cheminade

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Jacques Cheminade, born August 20, 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a French political activist. He is associated with the LaRouche movement, an international network of groups led by the American political activist, Lyndon LaRouche. He was a candidate for the French presidential election, 1995 with 0.28 % of the votes.^[1] In the 2007 French presidential race, he endorsed Ségolène Royal.^[2]

Contents 1 Education 2 Connection to the LaRouche movement 3 Recent activities 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Education

Cheminade is a graduate of École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) and École nationale d'administration (ENA) graduate-group Jean Jaurès 1967-1969. He also has a bachelor's degree in law.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Connection to the LaRouche movement

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Cheminade met Lyndon LaRouche in 1977 and joined his movement in France. He was appointed general secretary of the Parti Ouvrier Européen (POE: see European Workers Party) from 1982 to 1989. The POE was replaced in 1991 by the Fédération pour une Nouvelle Solidarité (FNS, Federation for a New Solidarity).

Since 1996, he has been the chairman of one of LaRouche's political parties, Solidarité et Progrès (Solidarity and Progress).^[3] He is a regular columnist in their weekly newspaper Nouvelle Solidarité.

[edit] Recent activities

In November of 2005, Cheminade was a panelist at the conference of Axis for Peace in Belgium.[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Transcript of an interview with Cheminade
• Mémoire sur Jacques Cheminade, candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 1995 (in french)
• Cheminade for the 2007 presidential elections (in french)
• Solidarité et Progrès website (in french)