Patrick Le Hyaric (born 4 February 1957) is a French politician and

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(MEP), elected in the 2009 European election for the

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constituency. He is the director of the newspaper ''

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'' since 2000, when he replaced Pierre Zarka. Le Hyaric is a member of the executive of the

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and also the federal secretary of the Communist federation in the

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. In

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, he led the PCF list in the West constituency. The PCF list obtained 4.1% in the constituency, but no MEPs were elected. In 2009, he was selected to lead the Left Front list in the Île-de-France constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections. His list won 6.32% of the vote, and he was elected to the

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1957 births Living people French Communist Party MEPs MEPs for Île-de-France 2009–2014 MEPs for Île-de-France 2014–2019 Writers from Orléans French Communist Party politicians French journalists Politicians from Orléans {{France-MEP-stub