Catherine Quéré
Catherine Quéré | |
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.jpg) MP Catherine Quéré in Paris in 2012 | |
| Member of the Parliament | |
| In office 20 June 2007 – 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Xavier de Roux |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Philippe Ardouin |
| Constituency | Charente-Maritime (3rd) |
| Vice-president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council | |
| In office 28 March 2004 – 1 September 2007 | |
| Regional councillor | |
| In office 28 March 2004 – 1 September 2007 | |
| Constituency | Charente-Maritime |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1948 Angoulême (16) |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Profession | Wine grower |
| Website | http://www.catherine-quere.fr/ |
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Catherine Quéré (born 16 March 1948 in Angoulême, Charente) is a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party.
A vice-president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council between 2004 and 2007, she was the MP for Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency from 2007 to 2017. She was a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left parliamentary group.[1][2]
Political career[edit]
Poitou-Charentes Regional Council (2004−2007)[edit]
A wine grower by profession, Catherine Quéré began her political career in the 2004 regional elections.
She figured in second position on the socialist list in Charente-Maritime[3] and was elected as a regional councillor in Poitou-Charentes.[4] She was a vice-president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council during three years (2004–2007).
On 9 July 2007, she resigned as a regional councillor in accordance with the rule of the "unique mandate" instituted within the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council.[5]
MP of Saintes (2007−2017)[edit]
In the 2007 legislative election, Catherine Quéré defeated Xavier de Roux, mayor of Chaniers and outgoing MP.
In the first round, she arrived in second position (31.99%, 15,446 votes) whereas Xavier de Roux came first with 39.43% (19.037 votes). In the run-off, she was elected with 52.02% (25.501 votes) as an MP of the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency.[6]
In the 2012 legislative election, she was largely re-elected as an MP of the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency.
In the first round, she largely came first with 43.96% (20,403 votes) and in the run-off was re-elected as an MP with 59.12% (26,574 votes).[7]
She did not contest the 2017 French legislative election.
Political mandates[edit]
National mandate[edit]
- MP of the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency (20 June 2007-2017): Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left parliamentary group; secretary of the committee of the sustainable development and spatial planning, vice-president of the friendship groups of France/Macedonia and France/Malaysia.
Former local mandate[edit]
- Vice-president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council : 28 March 2004 – 1 September 2007
References[edit]
- ^ "Catherine Quéré: MP of the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency (XIII legislature: 2007−2012)" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Catherine Quéré: MP of the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency (XIV legislature: 2012−2017)" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "2004 French regional elections: list of candidates of the miscellaneous left" (in French). Minister of the Interior (France). Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "2004 French regional elections: list of the miscellaneous left representatives in the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council" (in French). Minister of the Interior (France). Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Standing committee on 9 July 2007: the new vice-presidencies" (in French). Poitou-Charentes Regional Council. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "2007 French legislative elections: Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency (first round and run-off)" (in French). Minister of the Interior (France). Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "2012 French legislative elections: Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency (first round and run-off)" (in French). Minister of the Interior (France). Retrieved 24 June 2012.
External links[edit]
- (in French) Official website
- (in French) Catherine Quéré's official biography, French National Assembly
- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Angoulême
- Socialist Party (France) politicians
- Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Members of Parliament for Charente-Maritime
- Regional councillors of France
- Politics of Poitou-Charentes
- Women members of the National Assembly (France)
- 21st-century French women politicians
- Knights of the Legion of Honour