Patrick Louis

Patrick Louis (born 22 October 1955, Vitry-le-François) is a French politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. He is a member of the Movement for France, which is part of the Independence and Democracy group, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.

He was also a substitute for the Committee on International Trade and a member of the delegations for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, for relations with the Mashreq countries, and to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Career

 * University teaching qualification in economics and management (1984)
 * Visiting lecturer at the Franco-Czech Management Institute in Prague (1993)
 * Visiting lecturer at Bucharest (1995)
 * Visiting lecturer at the University of Georgia (United States) (1997)
 * Visiting lecturer at the University of Minnesota (1991, 1994, 2000)
 * Visiting lecturer at the Beirut College of Commerce (2004)
 * Examiner at the Institute for Advanced Studies in National Defence
 * Lecturer at Jean Moulin University, Lyon
 * Administrator, Interregional and Technical Union of Students' Mutual Associations
 * MPF regional officer (1994–2002)
 * RPF departmental secretary for Rhône (2000)
 * MPF regional coordinator for the Rhône-Alpes region
 * Member of Rhône-Alpes Regional Council (1998–2004)
 * Chairman of the Transport Committee of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council (1998–1999)
 * Member of the TRANSALP public interest group
 * Cofounder of the movement 'Combat pour les valeurs' (Combat for Values)
 * Le Budgétaire, First, 1989 (collective work)
 * Encyclopédie de l'économie et de la gestion, Hachette, 1991 (collective work)
 * Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques