Arash Derambarsh

Arash Derambarsh (Persian: آرش درم‌بخش‎) is a French politician, author, and lawyer.[1] He is a member of the City Council of Courbevoie, France and an activist against food waste.[2]

Arash Derambarsh
Personal details
Born (1979-07-25) 25 July 1979
13th arrondissement of Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationPolitician
author
Websitehttp://www.arashderambarsh.com

Early life

Arash Derambarsh was born on 25 July 1979 in Paris to Iranian parents.[3]

His PhD

From December 2015 to July 2020, he usurped the title of Ph. D in law. Through a quirk of French administrative law, this allowed him to join the bar without passing the bar exam, which he had previously failed twice.[4]. A judgment of the disciplinary section of the academic council of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne dated 10 July 2020 establishes that most of his dissertation is plagiarized and that he improperly used the status of allegedly confidential information to conceal his offense. He aggravated his case by producing falsified versions of the thesis before the Disciplinary Section of the Academic Council[5],[6],[7]. Unless he successfully appeals this judgement, it will most likely result in his expulsion from the bar.[8]

Fighting against food waste

Being informed of the huge pile of food expired and dumped in the cities by supermarkets and people, he has tried to give the food that is still usable to the poor. Derambarsh successfully gathered 210,000 signatures, with the help of his group, to bring a bill to the parliament. Eventually a bill was passed, requiring supermarkets that are larger than 400 square meters to give usable expired food to the poor or a fertilizer company for animal food, instead of dumping it.[9][10][11] Schools are also required to train children to consume food in the right way.[12] For his work against food waste he was awarded the WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award and SEK 1 million in 2019.[13] His debut book, Manifeste contre le gaspillage alimentaire, is the story of a parliament representative who tries to keep large supermarkets from dumping their usable expired food. He won the Edgar-Faure award for the best political book of the year.[14] He was named as one of the one top hundred thinkers of the world in 2016 by Foreign Policy.[15] He wrote the book Tomber 9 fois, se relever 10 - Échec scolaire, ne jamais lâcher in 2019.[16][17]

However, Arash Derambarsh's actual contribution to the French legislation on food waste has been repeatedly challenged: in April 2016, Libération republished a long article from Les Inrockuptibles insisting that Arash Derambarsh and the buzz around his action was just "a fraud" ("une imposture").[18] In July 2017, Arash Derambarsh consequently sued Laurent Joffrin, Libération's chief editor; however, on November 30th, 2018, Laurent Joffrin was relaxed from this complaint, as Arash Derambash's lawsuit was considered to be null and void.[19] The then Minister for the Food Industry, Guillaume Garot, had previously expressed his concern about Derambarsh's "unquenchable thirst for recognition by the media",[20] as well as the concern of some associations about the dangers entailed by Derambarsh's "superficial" proposals.[21]

Awards

In 2019 he was the winner of WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award[22][23] (the world's leading sustainability award to recognize and support outstanding contributions from around the world since 2000).[24]

References
  1. "موفقيت يک فرانسوی ايرانی تباردر فرانسه". Voice of America. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. "Arash Derambarsh -". SAVE FOOD. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. "French councillor now wants Europe to ban food waste in supermakets". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/07/27/l-annulation-d-une-these-pour-plagiat-destabilise-l-universite-paris-i-pantheon-sorbonne_6047345_3224.html
  5. https://cdn.fbsbx.com/v/t59.2708-21/116091757_285489446064778_1332400498842687431_n.pdf/jugement-anonymise-assaini-24-07.pdf?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=0cab14&_nc_ohc=6ALeSGzcp40AX9l0vJQ&_nc_ht=cdn.fbsbx.com&oh=1bf67700b81af1b567ea84dc1886f27d&oe=5F1E1627&dl=1
  6. http://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine-92/courbevoie-arash-derambarsh-accuse-de-plagiat-sur-twitter-10-02-2020-8256996.php
  7. https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/paris-1-pantheon-sorbonne-accusee-de-couvrir-une-these-de-complaisance-11-02-2020-2362208_23.php
  8. https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/la-sorbonne-annule-le-diplome-de-docteur-en-droit-de-l-elu-et-avocat-arash-derambarsh_AN-202007270136.html
  9. "French supermarkets banned from throwing away and spoiling unsold food". The Independent. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  10. Man who forced french supermarkets to donate food wants to take law global
  11. The man who made France change its food waste law is setting his sights on Europe
  12. Arash Derambarsh Frenchman Battle Supermarket Waste
  13. "WINWIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award". Win Win. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  14. "Arash Derambarsh lauréat du prix Edgar Faure du meilleur livre politique". L'Express. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  15. "Global Thinkers 2016 | The Stewards Arash Derambarsh Councilman, Courbevoie/France". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  16. "Tomber 9 fois, se relever 10 - Échec scolaire, ne jamais lâcher". lisez.
  17. "Portrait : Arash Derambarsh, La Valeur De L'Échec". Forbes.
  18. L'imposture Arash Derambarsh décryptée par « Les Inrocks », Libération''
  19. Droit de réponse de Laurent Joffrin , Valeurs actuelles
  20. Les mille et une vies d'Arash Derambarsh, Les Inrockuptibles
  21. Pourquoi nous ne signerons pas la pétition de M. Arash Derambarsh, Les Gars'Pilleurs
  22. "Award Ceremony". WIN WIN GOTHENBURG SUSTAINABILITY AWARD. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  23. "Winner of 2019 WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award appointed". www.ap2.se. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  24. "About". Win Win. Retrieved 30 October 2019.


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