Kader Arif (born 3 July 1959 in Algiers) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade .

He is also a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and a member of the delegations to the EU–Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

Career

• Master's degree in communications
• Special adviser to Lionel Jospin (1988-1992)
• Chargé d'affaires (1992-1995)
• Regional director of a tour operator (1995-1999)
• University manager (1999-2001)
• First federal secretary, Haute-Garonne Socialist Party (since 1999)
• Member of the Socialist Party national bureau (since 2000)
• Socialist Party national secretary, with responsibility for globalisation
• Member of Castanet-Tolosan Municipal Council, with responsibility for sport (1995-2001)

External links

• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF file)