- Jacques Cheminade
Jacques Cheminade, born
August 20 1941 in Buenos Aires,Argentina , is a French political activist. He is associated with theLaRouche movement , an international network of groups led by the American political activist,Lyndon LaRouche . He was a candidate for theFrench presidential election, 1995 with 0.28 % of the votes. [ [http://prevensectes.com/solidarite3.htm que sait-on de solidarité et progrés ? Larouche - Cheminade ] ] In the2007 French presidential race, he endorsedSégolène Royal . [ [http://www.solidariteetprogres.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=2746 Solidarité & Progrès - L’appel de Jacques Cheminade pour le vote en faveur de Ségolène Royal en France ] ]Education
Cheminade is a graduate of
École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) andÉcole nationale d'administration (ENA) graduate-groupJean Jaurès 1967-1969. He also has a bachelor's degree in law. Fact|date=February 2007Connection to the LaRouche movement
Cheminade met Lyndon LaRouche in 1977 and joined his movement in France. He was appointed general secretary of the "Parti Ouvrier Européen" (POE: see
European Workers Party ) from 1982 to 1989. The POE was replaced in 1991 by the "Fédération pour une Nouvelle Solidarité" (FNS, Federation for a New Solidarity).Since 1996, he has been the chairman of one of LaRouche's political parties, "Solidarité et Progrès" (Solidarity and Progress). [ [http://prevensectes.com/solidarite3.htm que sait-on de solidarité et progrés ? Larouche - Cheminade ] ] He is a regular columnist in their weekly newspaper "Nouvelle Solidarité".
Recent activities
In November 2005, Cheminade was a panelist at the conference of
Axis for Peace inBelgium . [http://www.axisforpeace.net/rubrique41.html]References
External links
* [http://www.larouchepub.com/other/interviews/2007/3408cheminade.html Transcript] of an interview with Cheminade
* [http://www.chez.com/memoiremikag/ Mémoire sur Jacques Cheminade, candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 1995] (in french)
* [http://www.cheminade2007.org/ Cheminade for the 2007 presidential elections] (in french)
* [http://www.solidariteetprogres.org/ Solidarité et Progrès website] (in french)
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