Jean-Claude Fruteau

Jean-Claude Fruteau (born 6 June 1947 in Saint-Benoît, Réunion) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for France's "outre mer". He is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and a substitute for the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Career

* Highest postgraduate teaching qualification in language and literature (1972)
* Teacher in higher education, with the highest postgraduate teaching qualification
* First federal secretary, Réunion Socialist Party (1981-2000)
* Mayor of Saint-Benoît (Réunion) (1983-1999)
* Member of the Réunion Departmental Council (since 1982)
* Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)

External links

* [http://www.jean-claude-fruteau.fr/ Official website] (in French)
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=4297 European Parliament biography]
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/4297_07-07-2004.PDF Declaration of financial interests] (in French; PDF file)