Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
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March 20, 1949
Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pierrette Gabrielle Fofana March 20, 1949 Bamako, French West Africa (now Mali) |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Pierrette Gabrielle Herzberger-Fofana (born 20 March 1949) is a German-Malian politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and member of the European Parliament.
Herzberger-Fofana grew up in Senegal. She graduated in Paris in German sociolinguistics and obtained a further degree from the University of Trier.[1] She earned her doctorate at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with a dissertation that addressed women's literature in francophone sub-Saharan Africa.[2]
Political career
In 2005, Herzberger-Fofana was first elected to the city council of Erlangen. She was one of the fifteen recipients of the 2009 Helene-Weber-Preis, which is awarded to women engaged in municipal politics. She is a board member of DaMigra, the umbrella organization of immigrant organizations.[3]
Herzberger-Fofana moved into the European Parliament on the 21st place in the European list of Alliance 90 / The Greens in the 2019 European elections in Germany 2019.[4] She is currently Germany's only black MEP.[5]
Herzberger-Fofana in the 2019-2024 legislature serves on the Committee on Development, holding one of four vice-chair positions.[6] In addition to her committee assignments, Herzberger-Fofana is part of the Parliament's delegations for relations with the Pan-African Parliament and to the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee. She also co-chairs the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup.[7]
Personal life
On 17 June 2020, Herzberger-Fofana claimed to have been harassed by two police officers in Brussels.[9] The accusation was made in the chamber of the European parliament. Brussels prosecutors issued a criminal complaint against her for defamation as well as for “acting rebelliously and insulting police officers”.[10]
