Bernard Lehideux is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France.
Career
Head of the office of Michel Poniatowski, Secretary-General of the Independent Republicans (1969)
Special adviser to Michel d"Ornano, Secretary-General of the Independent Republicans (1973)
National secretary of the Independent Republicans, then of the Republican Party, with responsibility for relations with the press and internal information (1976)
Secretary-General of the "Perspectives et Réalités" clubs (1990–1993)
Chairman of the Union for French Democracy Group on the Île-de-France Regional Council (1992–1995)
First Vice-Chairman of the Île-de-France Regional Council (1995–1998)
Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Development|Committee on Development and Cooperation.
Politics
Union for French Democracy, Republican Party.
Membership
He is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and sits on the European Parliament"s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. He is also a substitute for the Committee on Development, a member of the delegation to the American College of Physicians-European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and a substitute for the delegation to the European Union–Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee. Member of the Economic and Social Council (1979–1984)
Member of the Paris Council (1983–1995)
Member of the European Parliament (1998–1999).