Patrick Le Hyaric

Patrick Le Hyaric is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament, elected in the 2009 [European Parliament election in France|2009 European election] for the Île-de-France (European [Parliament constituency)|Île-de-France] constituency. He is the director of the newspaper L'Humanité since 2000, when he replaced Pierre Zarka.
Le Hyaric is a member of the executive of the French [Communist Party] and also the federal secretary of the Communist federation in the Morbihan. In 2004 [European Parliament election in France|2004], he led the PCF list in the West constituency. The PCF list obtained 4.1% in the constituency, but no MEPs were elected.
In 2009, he was selected to lead the Left Front list in the Île-de-France constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections. His list won 6.32% of the vote, and he was elected to the European Parliament.