Lena Louarn

Lena Louarn
Born 13 August 1950 Edit this on Wikidata (age 68)

Lena Louarn (born 13 August 1950 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) is a Breton activist and French politician.

She is a member of Régions et Peuples Solidaires of Max Simeoni, in the European Parliament election, 1994, then was elected in 2010 to the list Brittany Solidarity, with Jean-Yves Le Drian.[1]

Life

Lena Louarn was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges on August 13, 1950.[2] She grew up in the Paris region where her father, banned from staying in Brittany for collaboration during the war, settled with other nationalist militants.

In 1962, the family returned to Brittany where Alan Louarn created an information office, Brudañ ha Skignañ in Rennes.

Promotion of Breton culture

She joined Adult Education Center in 1971. She is co-founder of the Diwan School of Rennes in 1978. After several years at the secretariat of the monthly Bremañ she ends up taking the lead.

She is president of the Office of the Breton languagem[2] and director of the monthly Breton Bremañ. Coordinator of the Cultural Council of Brittany. Lena Louarn was named "Breton of the year 1999" by Armor Magazine, and decorated with the Order of Hermine in 2000.

In the 2010 regional elections, she is ranked 11th on the list presented in Finistère by Jean-Yves Le Drian. On March 21, 2010, she was elected regional councilor then sixth vice-president of the Regional Council of Brittany, in charge of the languages of Brittany.[3]

The Breton language

She said in 2004, on the occasion of the first "Day of the Breton language" which brought together 3,000 people at Vieilles Charrues in Carhaix:

All the elements are there to revive our language. Many tools have been created to promote Breton, both in the field of education, the media, and in public life.

And above all, in the population,

the feeling is favorable. These efforts need to be better coordinated. And change gear! How to speed up the movement? "We must put an end to the collapse of the number of speakers as soon as possible by opening new grounds to the language so that we can use it on all occasions. And by promoting the link between the different generations of speakers.

References

  1. ↑ "ouest-france.fr - Bretagne. Zoom sur le nouveau conseil régional - - Politique". 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. 1 2 Bretonne, Union Démocratique. "Lena Louarn, vice-présidente du conseil régional de Bretagne, candidate aux européennes sur la liste "La Bretagne pour une Europe sociale" : Une liste ouverte". www.udb-bzh.net (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. ↑ "Région_Bretagne - Lena Louarn". www.bretagne.bzh (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-08.

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