Younous Omarjee

Younous Omarjee (born 30 September 1969) is a French politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 4 January 2012.^[1] He sits with the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left.

Younous Omarjee
Omarjee in 2024
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2024 Serving with See List
President	Roberta Metsola
Member of the European Parliament for France
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 January 2012
Constituency	Overseas Territories of France
Personal details
Born	30 September 1969 (1969-09-30) (age 55) Saint-Denis, Réunion, France
Political party	La France insoumise
Other political affiliations	Alliance of the Overseas
Alma mater	Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Occupation	Politician

Since July 2019, Omarjee has been chairing the European Parliament Committee on Regional Development. He is also a member of the Conference of Committee Chairs, of the European Parliament Committee on Budgets and of the European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control.

In addition to his committee assignments, Omarjee is one of the vice-presidents of the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup^[2] and a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,^[3] the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals,^[4] and the URBAN Intergroup.^[5]

He was elected Vice-President of the European Parliament on 16 July 2024.^[6][7]