Robert Rochefort
{{Short description|French economist and politician (born 1955)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}
{{ infobox officeholder
| name = Robert Rochefort
| image = Robert Rochefort.jpg
| caption = Robert Rochefort in 2009
| office = Member of the European Parliament
| term_start = 2009
| term_end = 2019
| constituency = South-West France
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|09|19|df=yes}}
| nationality = French
| party = Modem
| alma_mater = ENSAE ParisTech
}}
Robert Rochefort (born 19 September 1955 in Paris) is a French economist and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/committees/view.do;jsessionid=88052165C776855EC690B54245DBDB0A.node1?language=EN&id=97022 |title=Search for a Member | MEPs | European Parliament |website=Europarl.europa.eu |date= |accessdate=2016-07-16}}
Political career
In 2009, Rochefort joined the MoDem, and was selected to lead the MoDem list in the South-West constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections. He was the MoDem's only elected Member of the European Parliament in that region. He has since been serving on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection; following the 2014 elections, he became one of the committee's vice-chairmen under the leadership of Vicky Ford until January 2017. In addition to his committee assignments, he has been a member of the parliament's delegation for relations with Iraq.{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/97022/ROBERT_ROCHEFORT_home.html |title=Robert ROCHEFORT |website=Europarl.europa.eu |date= |accessdate=2016-07-16}}
In August 2016, Rochefort was arrested by police after being caught masturbating in a DIY store in Vélizy-Villacoublay (Yvelines), near Paris.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2016/09/02/le-vice-president-du-modem-arrete-pour-exhibition-sexuelle_4991875_3224.html|title = Le vice-président du Modem arrêté pour exhibition sexuelle|newspaper = Le Monde.fr|date = 2 September 2016}} By September, MoDem chair François Bayrou urged Rochefort to relinquish all his party duties following his arrest.Quentin Ariès (September 3, 2016) [https://www.politico.eu/article/party-leader-calls-on-french-mep-to-resign/ Party leader calls on French MEP to resign] Politico Europe.
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Category:Politicians from Paris
Category:Democratic Movement (France) politicians
Category:Democratic Movement (France) MEPs
Category:MEPs for South-West France 2009–2014
Category:MEPs for South-West France 2014–2019
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