David Habib

David Habib (born March 16, 1961) is French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since the 2002 elections, representing the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.[1]

David Habib
Member of the National Assembly
for Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 3rd constituency
Assumed office
16 June 2002
Preceded byAndré Labarrère
Personal details
Born (1961-03-16) 16 March 1961
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materSciences Po Bordeaux

Political career

In parliament, Habib is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. He has been serving on the Finance Committee since 2014. He has also been a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs (2002-2007, 2017-2019) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (2017-2019).[2]

In addition to his committee assignments, Habib is part of the French-Norwegian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).[3]

In the Socialist Party's primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Habib endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the office of President of France and worked on his campaign team.[4]

Political positions

In 2011, Habib was one of only eleven members of the Socialist Party's parliamentary group who publicly called on President Nicolas Sarkozy not to recognise a Palestinian State.[5]

References
  1. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. David Habib French National Assembly.
  3. David Habib French National Assembly.
  4. Primaire à gauche : Valls présente son QG et son état-major de campagne Les Échos, December 14, 2016.
  5. Lettre ouverte au président de la République Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF), 19 September 2011.
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