Hussein Bourgi

Hussein Bourgi (born October 5, 1973, in Dakar) is a French Politician and Senator for the Hérault department.

Biography Bourgi was born in Dakar, Senegal, he is of Lebanese origin.

In 1992, Bourgi moved to Montpellier to study law. He later became president of the local National Union of Students of France – Independent and Democratic in 1993 and became a member of the Young Socialists

He was elected federal secretary of the Socialist Party in Hérault in 2012.

In the 2020 French Senate election in Hérault, Bourgi was placed on the top of the list of the Socialist Party and was elected with 22% of the vote.

In November 2023, Bourgi presented a bill in the Senate that would allow for the rehabilitation and compensation of people convicted of homosexuality in France between 1942 and 1982.

Bourgi became the founding vice-president of the refounded L’Association des amis du Félibrige et de la langue d’oc au Sénat (Association of Friends of the Félibrige and the Langue d'Oc in the Senate).

Personal life The LGBTQ magazine Têtu has presented him as an "openly gay activist."