 jacques cheminade (; born august 20, 1941 in buenos aires, argentina) is a french political activist. he is the head of the larouche movement in france. ==education and professional life== after graduating from the hec paris, law school, and the Ãcole nationale d'administration, cheminade became a career officer in the directorate of foreign economic relations of the ministry of economy, finance and industry, a position he held until 1981. ==political career== ===discovery of larouche's ideas=== thumb|left|upright|fbi document on jacques cheminade (1976). cheminade met lyndon larouche in early 1974 in new york, where he was a commercial attachÃ© to the french embassy from 1972 to 1977. he compares this encounter to socratic midwifery. according to a 1976 fbi document, he was then a "rank and file member" in the national caucus of labor committees, a political organization directed by lyndon larouche which had founded its own "intelligence units" in 1971, where he "work[ed] in the international intelligence section" (see document, left). his return to france in 1977 was motivated by a desire to devote himself "full time to political activities and the advocacy of mr. larouche's ideas and policies". ===1978: return to france=== in 1978, he was the parti ouvrier europÃ©en (poe) candidate for the legislative election in the 18th arrondissement of paris (25th circonscription), and obtained 0.12% of the votes.{{cite web|language=french|tit
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