Marie-George Buffet

Biography

Girl of Paul Kosellek, Polish extraction , and Raymonde To stripe. She married the June 29th 1972, Jean-Pierre Buffet, managing director of town hall. Laid off in History - Geography, it is employed with the town hall of the Plessis-Robinson. It adheres to PCF in 1969. During its studies, it is president of the Fédération of the residence halls of France, and member of the National office of UNEF.

In 1977, it becomes assistant with the mayor of Châtenay-Malabry. With the Communist party, it climbs all the levels and, in 1987, enters to the Central committee, then in 1994 at the National office where it joins with Robert Hue, which succeeds Georges Marchais. During this period, it is editor association of the Cahiers of Communism . In 1997, it enters to the National secretariat of the party. At the time of the victory of the Plural left, it becomes appointed and is named Minister for Youth and the Sports the June 4th 1997. It pointed out there for its action against the doping and by the installation of the National council of youth, a new advisory authority.

In 2001, whereas Robert Hue assumes the chairmanship of the party, function lately created, it becomes national secretary.

Marie-George Buffet leaves her ministerial position the May 5th 2002, to be replaced by Jean-François Lamour. The same year, the June 16th, she is elected appointed for XIIe legislature (2002 - 2007), in the 4th district of the Seine-Saint-Denis.

The resignation of Robert Hue of its president's function, in 2002, mark the end of the joint management and only leaves it with the head of PCF. In 2004, it is at the head of the list of PCF to the regional elections in Île-de-France in a step seeking to bring closer PCF to various actors of the social movements (Alternative citizen, Alternate the, Association of the Republican left, etc) under the label popular Gauche and citizen .

Militant Feminist, it took part in the various actions of the CADAC (Coordination of associations for the right to the Avortement and the Contraception) and in Assises women's rights. She is married and mother of two children.

Elections and mobilizations

For the elections presidential and legislative of 2007, it engaged in the step of gathering antilibéral operated around approximately 700 local collectives in all France, and of organizations and personalities implied in the victorious campaign for “not left” to the project of Traité establishing a Constitution for Europe at the time of the referendum of May 29th, 2005, gathered within the National collective of initiative for a gathering antilibéral of left and common candidatures (its party signed the call of May 11th, 2005). Candidate with the nomination of the collectives, it was placed at the head by the majority of those during their consultation, in spite of the dispute of adversaries for which the Communist party would have carried out a “takeover by force” while trying “to adapt” the collectives. The methods of vote envisaged a “double consensus however” (within the collectives, then organizations). The December 10th, its candidature not being consensual among the organizations of the national collective, the gathering antilibéral was unable to designate a candidate.

PCF consulted its militants the December 20th on the maintenance or the withdrawal of the candidature of Marie-George Buffet. The militants of PCF decided, in an internal vote (with more than 81%) to present it “to carry the gathering antilibéral to the presidential election”. The following day, a National collective was held, noting that the dissension between the organizations recipients of the gathering persisted, and fascinating act that there would be no single-candidate election of the Gauche antilibérale with presidential of 2007 (but certain collectives make since the choice support the countryside of Marie-George Buffet).

Marie-George Buffet declares the December 22nd on television: “I return to shift”, then puts on leave direction of PCF the January 4th 2007. Thus, she affirms not to present herself as a candidate of only PCF, but like the candidate of a “popular assembly and antilibéral”, leaving the open door to the other organizations. She will take as slogans, during her countryside: “To better live, there is right there”, then " A courageous left, that changes the life! " and " April 22nd, the vote of left: Marie-George Buffet".

It is replaced by a collective of direction of five people, the time of the countryside: from a point of view of gathering, the goal was to widen beyond the only communist electorate. The January 5th 2007, it makes its statement of candidature in a school of its district of the Blanc-Mesnil, in the presence of militants of PCF but also of trade unionists (Didier Le Reste, Jean-Paul Israel) and militant associations (Mouloud Aounit, president of MRAP, Camille Barré, militant LGBT).

It finally largely obtained sponsorships necessary, as well as the official support of almost 5.000 town councilors. It thus stands as candidate to the presidential election of 2007

The April 22nd 2007, after a campaign concentrated on the need for creating a majority and a government carrying a project truly on the left (its program ambitionnait in particular a general rise of the wages, new democratic public services, a security of employment and formation allowing to finish some with unemployment, the regularization of without-papers, a Life Republic, etc), it is credited with 1,93% of the voices to the first turn, that is to say the worst score ever recorded by PCF. Re-elected national secretary of PCF by a National council on April 24th, it takes the initiative to propose the behavior of an Extraordinary congress before the end of the year, so that the whole of the Communists can raise the questions of the role, the utility and the aiming of the Communist party today.

Synthesis of the political offices

Local elective functions

; Municipal council

1977-1983: associated with the mayor of Chatenay-Malabry
since 2001: municipal adviser of the Blanc-Mesnil as Seine-Saint Denis

; District council

March 16th 1998 - July 1st 2002: regional adviser of Ile-de-France
March 29th - April 22nd 2004: regional adviser of Ile-de-France

Parliamentary functions

; With the National Assembly

June 1st - July 4th 1997: elected appointed 4th district of Seine-Saint Denis (the Mesnil White, Dugny, Stains)
June 16th 2002 - June 17th, 2007: re-elected appointed 4th district of Seine-Saint Denis
June 17th, 2007 - in progress : re-elected appointed 4th district of Seine-Saint Denis

Governmental functions

; Minister

June 4th 1997 - May 5th 2002: Minister for youth and the sports

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