Eva Joly
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Eva Joly MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament for France |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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5 December 1943 Grünerløkka, Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | French-Norwegian |
| Political party | Europe Écologie–The Greens |
| Spouse(s) | Pascal Joly (m.1967 divorce, deceased 2001) |
| Children | Caroline Joly and Julien Joly |
| Residence | Paris |
| Occupation | politician, MEP |
| Profession | judge |
Eva Joly (French: [eva ʒɔli]; born Gro Farseth, 5 December 1943) is a Norwegian-born French magistrate («Juge d'instruction») and politician for Europe Écologie–The Greens. She represented this party as a candidate for the presidency of France in the 2012 elections.
Born in Grünerløkka, Oslo, she was raised by a tailor father and a hairdresser mother and grew up in what was then a working-class district of inner-city Oslo. She moved to Paris at 20 to work as an au pair. There she married the son of the family that employed her, Pascal Joly (now deceased) and adopted her middle name 'Eva', which is easier to pronounce in French.
Working as a secretary, Joly took her legal education at night school and became a magistrate when she was 38. Joly specialised in financial affairs, and in 1990 she joined the High Court of Paris (Court of Cassation) as an investigating judge.
Here she quickly made a mark with her crusade against corruption, in particular taking on, among others, former minister Bernard Tapie and the bank Crédit Lyonnais. Her most famous case, however, was that of France's leading oil company – Elf Aquitaine. In the face of death threats, she carried on the case to uncover several cases of fraud, leading to the conviction of tens of persons involved in the oil business. In 2001, she received for this work the award for integrity from the non-governmental organisation Transparency International.
In 2002, Joly was asked by the Norwegian Minister of Justice, Odd Einar Dørum, to accept a three-year position as a special advisor on corruption. The Anti-Corruption and Money Laundering project involved cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and Police, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Norway. The project worked on issues related to financial crimes and organized crime, with a special focus on strong international cooperation. Collaboration with the Ministry of Finance was also important, in addition to strengthening connections to the private sector. The project has among other things led to a Norwegian focus on corruption in foreign affairs. During the three-year period Joly also initiated the Paris Declaration Against Corruption in 2003."The Paris Declaration- A call for action against large scale corruption". Publish What You Pay. Transparency International. 30 June 2003.
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