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

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  • 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
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