Hussein Bourgi
Hussein Bourgi | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Hérault | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2020 | |
| Socialist group in the Senate | |
| Regional Councillor of Occitania | |
| Assumed office January 4, 2016 | |
| Constituency | Hérault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 5, 1973 |
| Party | PS |
Hussein Bourgi (born October 5, 1973, in Dakar) is a French Politician and Senator for the Hérault department.[1]
Biography
Bourgi was born in Dakar, Senegal, he is of Lebanese origin.[2]
In 1992, Bourgi moved to Montpellier to study law. He later became president of the local National Union of Students of France – Independent and Democratic in 1993 and became a member of the Young Socialists[2]
Bourgi became a member of the Montpellier Women's Rights Vigilance Committee and Montpellier Lesbian and Gay Pride in 1995 and 1997 respectively.[2]
In 1997, he co-founded the Collectif contre l'homophobie (Collective Against Homophobia) which he became president of two years later.[2]
Since 2005, Bourgi has been vice-president of the Réseau d'aide aux victimes d'agression et de discrimination (Assault and Discrimination Support Network) who assist victims of violence and discrimination against LGBTQ people.[3]
He was elected federal secretary of the Socialist Party in Hérault in 2012.[2] And became a Regional Councillor of Occitania in the 2015 election.[4]
In the 2020 French Senate election in Hérault, Bourgi was placed on the top of the list of the Socialist Party and was elected with 22% of the vote.[5]
In November 2023, Bourgi presented a bill in the Senate that would allow for the rehabilitation and compensation of people convicted of homosexuality in France between 1942 and 1982.[6][7][8]
Bourgi became the founding vice-president of the refounded L’Association des amis du Félibrige et de la langue d’oc au Sénat (Association of Friends of the Félibrige and the Langue d'Oc in the Senate).[9]
Personal life
The LGBTQ magazine Têtu has presented him as an "openly gay activist."[10]
References
- ^ "M. Hussein BOURGI, sénateur de l'Hérault (Occitanie)". Archived from the original on 2026-05-05. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ a b c d e "Hussein BOURGI". Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ "Un réseau national aide les homosexuels agressés et discriminés". Le Monde. 17 May 2005.
- ^ "Les élues et élus". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Résultats des élections sénatoriales 2020".
- ^ "Homosexuels condamnés en France : "L'Etat n'a jamais reconnu sa responsabilité", regrette le sénateur Hussein Bourgi". 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Droits LGBT+, le combat du sénateur Hussein Bourgi". 4 August 2025.
- ^ "French bill seeks to compensate thousands jailed for homosexuality". 22 November 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
- ^ "La Revisto n° 343 | Felibrige". Archived from the original on 2025-11-14. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ "Hussein Bourgi, un militant ouvertement gay, arrive au Sénat - têtu·".