Kader Arif

Kader Arif (Arabic: قادر عريف‎; born 3 July 1959 in Algiers) is a French politician of the French Socialist Party (PS) who served as Junior Minister for Veterans to the French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian from 2012 until 2014. Prior to this, he was a Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France.

Kader Arif
Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces
In office
2012–2014
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Manuel Valls
Preceded byMarc Laffineur
Succeeded byJean-Marc Todeschini
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2004–2012
ConstituencySouth-East France
Personal details
Born (1959-07-03) 3 July 1959
Algiers, Algeria
Political party French
Socialist Party
 EU
Party of European Socialists

Early career
  • Master's degree in communications
  • Special adviser to Lionel Jospin (1988–1992)
  • Chargé d'affaires (1992–1995)
  • Regional director of a tour operator (1995–1999)
  • University manager (1999–2001)

He played as hooker for the French rugby union club Castres Olympique.[1]

Political career

Early beginnings
  • First federal secretary, Haute-Garonne Socialist Party (1999–2008)
  • Member of the Socialist Party national bureau (since 2000)
  • Socialist Party national secretary, with responsibility for globalisation
  • Member of Castanet-Tolosan Municipal Council, with responsibility for sport (1995–2001)

Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2012

During his time as Member of the European Parliament, Arif served on the Committee on International Trade. He was also a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegations to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

In January 2012, Arif resigned as the European Parliament's rapporteur of the ACTA agreement in protest to the ACTA agreement.[2]

Junior Minister for Veterans, 2012–2014

On 16 May 2012, Arif was appointed Junior Minister for Veterans at the French Ministry of Defence in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault by President François Hollande.[3]

On 21 November 2014, Arif resigned due to suspicion on fraud and opening of judicial inquiry.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. Portrait de Kader Arif Archived 8 September 2012 at Archive.today
  2. Masnick, Mike (26 January 2012). "European Parliament Official in Charge of ACTA Quits, and Denounces the 'Masquerade' Behind ACTA". Techdirt.
  3. The ‘Yes’, ‘No’ and ‘Maybe’ team European Voice, May 23, 2012.
  4. "Another French minister resigns over suspected ethics breach". reuters.com. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  5. "More bad for Hollande as close ally resigns". rfi.fr. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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