Henri Malosse

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Henri Malosse
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
In office
April 2013 – October 2015
Personal details
Born (1954-10-06) 6 October 1954 (age 69)
Montpellier, France

Henri Malosse (born 6 October 1954 in

European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
(April 2013 - October 2015).

Biography

Henri Malosse video presentation
Henri Malosse, former EESC President with Ruslana Lyzhychko and José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, at the 01/2014 EESC Plenary in Brussels.

Henri Malosse was born in Montpellier in a family of professors from

Sciences Po in 1976.[2]

He began exploring the cultures of Germany, Eastern Europe and speaks Polish, Russian English and German.[citation needed]

Henri Malosse supported strongly the freedom's movement in Poland (

Solidarnosc), met Lech Walesa in 1976 in Gdansk and was banned by the polish communist regime of Jaruzelski during 8 years. He has been harassed by the secret police of the polish communist regime. His file can be found in the archivum of IPN in Warsaw. [citation needed
]

He was involved in European policies for

SMEs, inspiring the creation of the Euro Info Centres.[1] He worked to create the Delegation of the Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry to the European Union, and assumed its Direction six years later.[1]
He also participated in the European Association of Small and Medium Enterprises at the European Parliament.[1]

In 1995 he was appointed by the French government in the

EESC, the 5th Institution of the European Union, writing more than 50 reports including a critic of the posted workers directive. He was the chair of the pre-accession EU-Bulgaria Consultative Committee, and of the Employer's Group from 2016 to 2013 - In 2013, He was elected the 30th President of the EESC.[3]

His presidency took attention to the European media thanks to his critical position on EU stand to Greece during the financial crisis . He signed a Protocol of cooperation with Martin Schulz, the President of the European parliament.[citation needed]

He was the first EU representative to participate at

Dharamsala on 10 March 2014.[4] His political engagement raised a lot of criticism from the Chinese Communist Party and their supporters in Europe. He was also put temporarily on a blacklist by the Russian federation.[citation needed
]

On 15 October 2014, Henri Malosse received the National Order of the

Publications

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