Franck Biancheri
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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 2009 elections to the European Parliament with representatives in all member states simultaneously.
Franck Biancheri | |
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| Leader of Newropeans | |
| In office 24 June 2007 – 21 June 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Margit Reiser-Schober |
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| Born | 11 March 1961 |
| Died | 30 October 2012 (aged 51) Paris, France |
| Website | franck-biancheri.info (archived) |
Biancheri had previously founded the largest student association in Europe, European Students' Forum (AEGEE) in 1985 and the think tank 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 the Promotheus-Europe group, he contributed to enhance relationship between the European Union and several parts of the world (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, the Arabic world, South America, Asia, and North America)[3][4][5] In 1997, at Blair House, during an EU-US summit in Washington, he launches TIESWeb,[6] the first transatlantic web portal 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 the Leap2020 think tank.
Biancheri died on 30 October 2012.[10] He had been seriously ill from cancer for four years.
