Élie Hoarau
Élie Hoarau is a Reunionese politician and member of the Communist Party of Réunion. He is the husband of Senator Gélita Hoarau.
Hoarau was elected as a member of the National Assembly of France from 1986 to 1987, 1988 to 1993, and from 1997 to 2001. He served as mayor of Saint-Pierre, Réunion between 1982 and 2001.
He had to resign, after being sentenced on July 6, 2000, to 1 year imprisonment with suspended sentence and 50.000 FRF fine because of Electoral fraud.
Hoarau has served as Secretary General of the Communist Party of Réunion since 1993.
In 2009, Hoarau was elected as a member of the European Parliament for the DOM-TOM constituency in the 2009 European elections. He resigned in December 2011, and was substituted by Younous Omarjee.
