Franck Biancheri
| Franck Biancheri | |
|---|---|
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| Leader of Newropeans | |
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In office 24 June 2007 – 21 June 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Margit Reiser-Schober |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 March 1961 Nice, France |
| Died |
30 October 2012 (aged 51) Paris, France |
| Website | Official website |
Franck Biancheri (11 March 1961 – 30 October 2012) was the founder of the Newropeans European political party and the leader from June 2006.[1] The party planned to run for campaigns in the European Parliament election, 2009 in all EU member states simultaneously.
Biancheri had previously founded the European Students' Forum (AEGEE) in 1985 and the thinktank LEAP/Europe2020 in 1998.
Biography
Biancheri was born in Nice, France.[2] He lived in Cannes, and had one daughter.
From 1991, through several networks including Promotheus-Europe group, he contributed to enhance relationship between European Union and several parts of the world (Eastern Europe, Arabic world, South America, Asia and North America)[3][4][5] In 1997, at Blair House, during Euro-US summit in Washington, he launches TIESWeb,[6] the first transatlantic web portail dedicated to dialog between European and American civil societies.[7][8]
In 2003 he was among the top twenty "heroes" for being a "French champion of European unity"[9] in a poll by Time Europe.
From 2006, he was the scientific coordinator of Leap2020 think tank.
He died on 30 October 2012.[10] He had been seriously ill from cancer for four years.
References
- ↑ "Biography". Franck-biancheri.info. 1987-03-21. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ↑ http://www.newropeans.eu/article.php3?id_article=915&lang=en
- ↑ leconomiste.com. "Partenariat Euro-Méditerranéen : La réussite passe par la société civile". Leconomiste.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ↑ "IIAS Newsletter 13, Summer 1997, General News 02". Iias.nl. 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ↑ "INTERCAMBIOS ENTRE EL VIEJO Y EL NUEVO MUNDO - Archivo - Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990". eltiempo.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ↑ Olivier JOSEPH pour TIESWeb. "Transatlantic Information Exchange System [TIES]". Tiesweb.org. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ↑ Olivier JOSEPH pour TIESWeb (1999-01-01). "Transatlantic Information Exchange System [TIES]". Tiesweb.org. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ↑ http://www.eurunion.org/partner/summit/Summit9805/nta9805.htm
- ↑ TIMEeurope Magazine | Heroes 2003
- ↑ Obituary: Franck Biancheri died this Tuesday, October 30, 2012; Requiescat in Pace newropeans-magazine.org, 30 October 2012