Patrick Le Hyaric (born 4 February 1957 in Orléans, Loiret) is a French journalist, politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP), elected in the 2009 European election for the Île-de-France cons*uency. He is the director of the newspaper L'Humanité since 2000, when he replaced Pierre Zarka.

Le Hyaric is a member of the executive of the French Communist Party and also the federal secretary of the Communist federation in the Morbihan.In 2004, he led the PCF list in the West cons*uency. The PCF list obtained 4.1% in the cons*uency but no MEPs were elected.

In 2009, he was selected to lead the Left Front list in the Île-de-France cons*uency ahead of the 2009 European elections. His list won 6.32% of the vote and he was elected to the European Parliament.

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