François Kalfon Explained

François Kalfon
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Office:Member of the European Parliament
for France
Termstart:16 July 2024
Birth Date: df=y 11 June 1968
Birth Place:Sarcelles, France
Party:Socialist Party
Otherparty:Party of European Socialists

François Kalfon (born 11 June 1968) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]

Early life and career

Kalfon was born in Sarcelles in 1968.[2] He was elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France in 2004, and was re-elected in 2010 and 2015.[3] Until 2015 he was the Socialist Party's national secretary for work and employment, and he was also a co-founder of La Gauche populaire and administrator of Île-de-France Mobilités.[3] During the 2011 Socialist Party presidential primary he worked on the campaign of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and during the 2017 presidential primary he was the campaign director of Arnaud Montebourg.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections européennes 2024 : qui sont les nouveaux députés européens du Parti socialiste (PS) ?. Toute l'Europe. 14 June 2024. fr.
  2. Web site: François Kalfon. European Parliament.
  3. Web site: Vos élus seine-et-marnais au conseil régional d'Ile-de-France. Le Parisien. 14 December 2015. fr.
  4. Web site: François Kalfon, le chef d'orchestre de la campagne Montebourg. Le Figaro. 21 August 2016. fr.