Marie-George Buffet
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| National secretary of the French Communist Party | |
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In office 28 October 2001 – 20 June 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Hue |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Laurent |
| Member of the French National Assembly for Seine-Saint-Denis (4th constituency) |
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Assumed office 16 June 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Feurtet |
| French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | |
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In office 4 June 1997 – 5 May 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Guy Drut |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Lamour |
| Personal details | |
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7 May 1949 Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | French Communist Party |
Marie-George Buffet (born 7 May 1949) is a French politician. She was the head of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 2001 to 2010. She joined the Party in 1969, and she served in the government as Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports from 4 June 1997 to 5 May 2002. Buffet was re-elected on 16 June 2002 to another five-year term in the National Assembly as a representative of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Buffet was born in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine. Her father Paul Kosellek is of Polish descent.
Buffet was elected in 2001 as National Secretary of the Party, succeeding Robert Hue, who assumed the newly created presidency of the party. When Hue resigned after his poor score in the 2002 presidential elections, the post of president was removed, leaving Buffet as sole leader of the Party.
As head of the French Communist Party, Buffet speaks regularly on a variety of topics relating to the plight of the working people. Most of Buffet's speeches tend to focus upon practical implementations of the taxpayer's duty to provide for workers. In one recent speech, Buffet exclaimed that what the working class needed was for the taxpayers to pay higher prices for manufactured goods or to send industry abroad so that workers might get free housing from the government.
Other issues that Buffet is interested in and has spoken on are the Bolkestein Directive (a free trade directive issued by the European Union), energy initiatives, and ideological issues linked with stopping privatization and aiding the lower classes or working people. As a member of the French National Parliament, Buffet has begun to recognize the need to organize with the Communist and Socialist parties of other states within the EU.
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