Joachim Son-Forget

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Full Name	Joachim Son-Forget
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 15, 1983(1983-04-15)
Age	41
Birthplace	Seoul
Country	South Korea
Horoscope	Aries

Joachim Son-Forget Biography

Joachim Son-Forget is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 15, 1983 in Seoul, South Korea. Joachim Jean- Marie Forget (born 15 April 1983) is also often referred to as Joachim son- Forget (French pronunciation: [Zo.a.kim son foR.Ze] ) is a South Korean-born French-Kosovar politician and radioologist. Since 2017, he’s been an elected part of the National Assembly, representing the sixth district for French residents living overseas (Switzerland as well as Liechtenstein).

In June of 2017, Son-Forget was asked to speak out on the controversy surrounding the utilization of government funds Richard Ferrand, then a candidate for the presidency of the REM the parliamentary group. After discussing the differences between what is lawful and moral, Son-Forget said: “I believe we should not have a return to morality, as that would be the beginning of Sharia law.” Before apologising immediately that he was “using big words”. Son-Forget’s comments Son-Forget after having just been elected as a Member of the National Assembly, drew attention from the French media.

Son-Forget has reportedly been passionate about Kosovo since he was a teenager; he lived there for some time in his late twenties, and has befriended Qëndrim Gashi, who is currently Ambassador of Kosovo to France. A Vice-President of the France-Kosovo relations group in the French National Assembly, he was personally awarded Kosovar citizenship by President Hashim Thaçi in 2018.

On 23 December 2018, on his Twitter account, Son-Forget called out Green Senator Esther Benbassa after she criticised remarks by Brigitte Macron (wife of President Emmanuel Macron) on the yellow vests movement; additionally, Son- Forget made derogatory comments about Benbassa’s makeup habits and later addressed “haters” in an informal tone. His online behaviour was criticised by fellow members of REM; Executive Officer Stanislas Guerini announced the party would issue him a “warning letter”. Son-Forget, who stated it was his intent to go viral on social media using “cognitive psychology”, refused to apologise. After LaREM announced they would examine his “case”, Son-Forget declared he was resigning from the party, thus becoming an independent Member of Parliament.

He was divorced by his previous wife got married to his second spouse, a Korean in the year 2014; he says that’s the year he started adding his wife’s name, “Son”, to his own. He has a daughter.

Joachim Son-Forget Net Worth

Joachim Son-Forget is one of the richest Politician from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joachim Son-Forget 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated in 2005 and was awarded the Master 2 in cognitive science from CogMaster (co-accredited by Paris Descartes University, EHESS and ENS Ulm) with cognitive psychologist Stanislas Dehaene. In 2008, he graduated from the conclusion of the second phase (Master two) of medical school from the University of Burgundy. In the year 2015, he received the doctorate MD-PhD in medical as well as cognitive neuroscience. The thesis topic included “Visuo- vestibular mechanisms of bodily self-consciousness”.

He was a supporter of Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande in his 2012 French presidential election in France. The secretary was a member of the Geneva section of the French Socialist Party within the Federation of French Abroad, and chairperson of the group of activists from the Party of European Socialists in Switzerland prior to taking a leave in 2014. The year 2017 saw him was a member of the then-presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron’s political party, En Marche! (LaREM)

Son-Forget was the REM candidate in the 2017 French legislative election for the sixth constituency for French residents overseas, which covers Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In the first round, he obtained 63.55% of valid votes, far ahead of his main opponent, then-incumbent Republican candidate Claudine Schmid who got 15.76%. However, the rules of the French electoral system did not secure a first-round victory for Son-Forget as the turnout was only 20.19%. Therefore, a second round was held, opposing only Joachim Son-Forget and Claudine Schmid: it was won by Son-Forget with 74.94% of valid votes, while the turnout was even lower than the first round, with 18.78%. Son-Forget was one of 10 successful candidates for overseas constituencies from either LaREM or its ally the Democratic Movement (MoDem), over 11 overseas constituencies in total.

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Adopted by a French family as a child, Son-Forget, who holds a doctorate in cognitive neuroscience, was previously active within the Socialist Party (PS) and later La République En Marche! (REM) until he resigned from the party in late 2018 ; he has since founded his own political party, Valeur Absolue (formerly Je suis français et européen). He works part-time as a radiologist in Switzerland and has held Kosovar citizenship since 2018.

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Joachim Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Joachim Son-Forget celebrates birthday on April 15 of every year.

In January 2019, Son-Forget joined center-right parliamentary group UDI, Agir and Independents. He resigned from the group in December 2019, following controversy about a Twitter post showing him in the company of Marion Maréchal, member of French nationalist party National Rally.