Didier Motchane
Didier Motchane was a French politician who served as a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989.
He was born in Paris on 17 September 1931 to mathematician Léon Motchane. Didier Motchane later married actress and film director Dominique Cabrera.
Motchane cofounded the in 1965, and was active in the Socialist Party and the Union of the Left. He was credited with the fist and rose design used by socialist political organizations worldwide. Motchane was a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989, representing the Socialist Party. He left the party in 1993 after a disagreement with François Mitterrand, and helped establish the Citizen and Republican Movement.
Motchane died of cancer at the age of 86 on 29 October 2017.
