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Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana

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Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2019
ConstituencyGermany
Personal details
Born
Pierrette Gabrielle Fofana

(1949-03-20)March 20, 1949(age 75)
Bamako,Mali
CitizenshipGermany
Children3
OccupationPolitician

Pierrette Gabrielle Herzberger-Fofana(born 20 March 1949) is a German-Malian politician ofAlliance 90/The Greensand member of theEuropean Parliament.

Early life and education

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Herzberger-Fofana grew up inSenegal.She graduated in Paris in Germansociolinguisticsand obtained a further degree from theUniversity of Trier.[1]She earned her doctorate at theUniversity of Erlangen-Nurembergwith a dissertation that addressed women's literature in francophone sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

Political career

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In 2005, Herzberger-Fofana was first elected to the city council ofErlangen.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 theEuropean Parliamenton the 21st place in the European list of Alliance 90 / The Greens in the2019 European elections in Germany 2019.[4]She is currently Germany's onlyblackMEP.[5]

Herzberger-Fofana in the2019-2024 legislatureserves on theCommittee 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 thePan-African Parliamentand to theCARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee. She also co-chairs the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup.[7]

Personal life

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She has three children.[8][2]

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]

Works

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  • Écrivains africains et identités culturelles: entretiens,Stauffenburg, 1989,ISBN3-923721-92-7
  • Litterature feminine francophone d'Afrique noire,Editions L'Harmattan, 2001,ISBN978-2738499059
  • Die Nacht des Baobab. Zur Situation der ausländischen Frau am Beispiel von Afrikanerinnen in DeutschlandIn:Afro-Look: eine Zeitung von schwarzen Deutschen,Band 8, 1992/93, S. 14–15. (1992 Rede zurInternational Women's Day)
  • Berlin 125 Jahre danach: Eine fast vergessene deutsch-afrikanische Geschichte,aa-infohaus, 2010,ISBN978-3200020122.

References

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  1. ^Beitrag von Robert Fikes über Pierrette Herzberger-Fofanaauf blackpast.org
  2. ^abStanislaus Kossakowski (24 May 2019)."Zwei Mittelfränkinnen hoffen auf Sprung ins EU-Parlament".BR24.Bayerischer Rundfunk.
  3. ^DaMigra (7 November 2019)."Vorstand"(in German). Dachverband der Migrantinnenorganisationen.
  4. ^"Alphabetisches Verzeichnis aller Gewählten bundesweit".www.bundeswahlleiter.de.Der Bundeswahlleiter.
  5. ^Singh, Rajnish (13 November 2020)."Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana: Standing up for justice".The Parliament Magazine.Retrieved20 November2020.
  6. ^"Members | Home | DEVE | Committees | European Parliament".www.europarl.europa.eu.Retrieved5 October2023.
  7. ^BureauEuropean Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup.
  8. ^Johann Osel, Wolfgang Wittl, Lisa Schnell, Clara Lipkowski (27 May 2019)."Nach der Wahl ist vor der Wahl".Sueddeutsche Zeitung.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^"'Would not happen to a white MEP': Brussels police accused of racism ".www.brusselstimes.com.The Brussels Times.
  10. ^"Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana: Police bring defamation case over black MEP's allegations | Euronews".www.euronews.com.Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2020.Retrieved12 January2022.
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