Djida Tazdaït

Djida Tazdaït (born 8 April 1957 in Timri Tala-Tazert, French Algeria) is a French activist who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1994.

In 1983 she took part into the March for Equality and against Racism, and in 1985 she was one of the founders of the association Young Arabs of Lyon and Suburbs (Jeunes Arabes de Lyon et banlieue).

She didn't respect the tourniquet rule by which Green MEPs resigned after mid-term to enable other candidates to seat.

She was candidate in Lyon for the June 2012 French Parliamentary elections and got 0.5% of the votes.

In March 2014 she was elected to the municipal council of Lyon on the UMP list (opposition).