Jean-Pierre Sueur (born 28 February 1947) is a French politician of the

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(PS) who has been serving as a member of the

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since

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, representing the

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department. In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Sueur endorsed

Martine Aubry Martine Louise Marie Aubry (; née Delors; born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste'', or PS) from November 2008 to April 2012, and has been the Mayor of Lille (No ...

as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.Primaire PS: 39 sénateurs PS apportent leur soutien à Aubry
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'' (in French), 13 October 2011.

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