Bruno
Gollnisch
French academic and
politician,
* January 28, 1950 in Neuilly-sur-Seine
G. studied Law, political science and far-eastern languages, with an initial intent to become a diplomat. He met Jean-Marie Le Pen while studying at Nanterre university. He also became a reserve officer in the French Navy.
In 1971-1973 he was granted degrees in Japanese and Malaysian-Indonesian by the Institut des langues orientales. In 1973, he got a degree in political sciences at Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He did a masters (DEA) in public law in 1973. In 1974, he began doctoral studies in Law at Kyoto University (Japan). In 1978, he obtained a doctorate in law in Paris. Since 1980, he has been an attorney at the bar of Paris.
After coming back to France, he began a career as juridical advisor, then lawyer. He is a specialist of the law of Eastern Asian
countries. He became associate professor of Law at Metz university. In 1981, he became professor of Japanese language and civilization at the University Lyon III, and still holds this
position. G. is part of the Catholic current inside the National Front.
G. is married and has three children.
G. was condemned in January 2007 to three months of prison on probation and 55.000 Euros of damage and interest by Lyon's tribunal correctionnel on charge of "offense of verbal contestation of the existence of crimes against
humanity" which is punished in France in vertu of the 1990 Gayssot Act.
G. had held the incriminated verbal contestation on October 11, 2004, by declaring:
"I do not question the existence of concentration camps but historians could discuss the number of deaths. As to the existence of gas chambers, it is up to historians to speak their minds
(de se déterminer)".
G. reiterated his declarations shortly
after. G.'s declarations provoked an instantaneous scandal, especially with the proximity of the ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The president of the university asked the Minister of National Education to suspend Professor
G., and announced the opening of a disciplinary procedure against him. On December 26, the president of the university suspended
G.'s classes for 30 days. On December 2, the president of the university also prohibited the entrance of
G. into the university, alleging possible trouble to public order; however, this decision was cancelled by the Conseil d'État on January 14, 2005.
On February 2, G. again began teaching at Lyon III. The entrance of students in his classroom was blocked by groups of students from left-wing and Jewish associations. A group of National Front students allowed
G.'s students to enter the classroom and blocked the protesters. A brawl ensued; police officers came and a National Front student was arrested. Other troubles
ensued. On November 7, 2006, at the opening of the trial, G. was asked whether "the organized extermination of European Jews by the Nazi regime (...) constitutes an undeniable crime against humanity, and that it has been carried out notably by using gas chamber in extermination camps". He replied
"absolutely".
G. is chairman since its 2007 creation of the European Parliamentary right-wing group
Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty and general delegate (second-ranking
executive) of the National Front right-wing party since 2005. G. is a councillor of the Rhône-Alpes région of France, and a deputy to the European
Parliament.
Letzte Änderung / Last update: 19.03.2009
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