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Didier Motchane (17 September 1931 – 29 October 2017) was a French politician who served as a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989.
He was born in Paris on 17 September 1931 to mathematician 
Motchane cofounded the in 1965, and was active in the Socialist Party and the Union of the Left. He is often credited with the fist and rose design used by socialist political organizations worldwide, which he claimed to have “invented” in his 2010 memoirs, but the initiative is disputed between other party leaders of the time.
He was a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989, representing the Socialist Party. He left the party in 1993 after a disagreement with
Léon Motchane
Léon Motchane (19 June 1900 – 17 January 1990) was a French industrialist and mathematician and the founder of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette.
Biography
Léon Motchane was of mixed Russian and Swiss parentage ...
. Didier Motchane later married actress and film director Dominique Cabrera.
Motchane cofounded the in 1965, and was active in the Socialist Party and the Union of the Left. He is often credited with the fist and rose design used by socialist political organizations worldwide, which he claimed to have “invented” in his 2010 memoirs, but the initiative is disputed between other party leaders of the time.
He was a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989, representing the Socialist Party. He left the party in 1993 after a disagreement with François Mitterrand
François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...
, and helped establish the Citizen and Republican Movement
The Citizen and Republican Movement (French language, French: ''Mouvement républicain et citoyen'') is a political party in France. The party replaced in 2002 the Citizens' Movement (''Mouvement des citoyens'', MDC) founded by Jean-Pierre Chev ...
.
Motchane died of cancer at the age of 86 on 29 October, 2017.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Motchane, Didier 1931 births 2017 deaths Politicians from Paris MEPs for France 1979–1984 MEPs for France 1984–1989 Socialist Party (France) MEPs Citizen and Republican Movement politicians Deaths from cancer in France French people of Swiss descent French people of Russian-Jewish descent