Marie-George Buffet
Marie- George Buffet ( born May 7, 1949 in Sceaux, near Paris ) is a French politician. From 2001 to 2010 she was General Secretary of the PCF. She is a Member of the French National Assembly.
Life
After studying history and geography, it was employees in the town of Le Plessis- Robinson. In 1969 she joined the PCF and continuously rose in the party. In 1984 she became a member of the Central Committee and member of the Politburo in 1994, where she joined Robert Hue. During this time, she was editor of the theoretical monthly journal of the PCF, Cahiers du Communisme. In 1997, she joined the party secretariat.
After the victory of Gauche plurielle 1997, she was the Cabinet Minister Jospin for Youth and Sports. With actions against doping and the convening of a National Youth Council, it achieved attention. As a result of the resignation of Lionel Jospin in May 2002, Jean -François Lamour her successor in the ministerial office.
In 2001, Robert Hue took over the newly created post of party president, she was general secretary of the PCF. On 16 June 2002 she was elected as a Member of the 4th constituency of Seine -Saint- Denis. As Hue 2002 after a poor election result in the presidential election drove the party into political and financial afflictions and then stepped back, remained alone at the buffet designed dual leadership of the party. In 2004, she was the top candidate of the PCF in the regional elections of the Ile- de -France.
As an active feminist, she took part in campaigns for abortion rights and contraception. She is married and mother of two children.
In November 2006, Buffet was elected in a ballot of the PCF for the French 2007 presidential election with 96 % of votes. However, they got a meeting anti- liberal economic globalization and critical citizens' initiatives in Paris in mid- December 2006, whose closed support. After a re- ballot within the PCF, in the buffets candidacy reconfirmed with 81 percent of the vote, Buffet announced on 22 December 2006 at her candidacy for the French presidential elections on the television channel TF1. On January 4, 2007 it presented resign as party leader for the duration of the presidential campaign, not only to apply as a candidate of the PCF and thus to unite voices from other camps to be. In the first round she failed to approximately 1.94% of the votes cast.
On 26 April 2007 she was re-elected as Secretary General. On 18 June 2010 it was adopted in this office, her successor was Pierre Laurent.