Robert Hue

Robert Hue
Member of the French Senate
for Val-d'Oise
In office
1 October 2004 – 1 October 2017
Preceded byMarie-Claude Beaudeau
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency
In office
12 June 1997 – 19 June 2002
Preceded byGeorges Mothron
Succeeded byGeorges Mothron
National Secretary of the French Communist Party
In office
29 January 1994 – 28 October 2001
Preceded byGeorges Marchais
Succeeded byMarie-George Buffet
Personal details
Born (1946-10-19) 19 October 1946 (age 78)
Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
Political partyPCF
SpouseMarie-Édith
Children2
ProfessionOrderly

Robert Hue (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ y]; born 19 October 1946) is a French politician who was National Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1994 to 2001 and President of the PCF from 2001 to 2002. He served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of France from 1997 to 2002, and he has served in the Senate of France between 2004 and 2017.

Hue was a candidate in the 1995 presidential election, in which he received 8.7% of the vote, and in the 2002 presidential election, in which he won 3.37%.

He is married to Marie-Édith, and he is father of two (Charles and Cécilia).