Catherine Quéré is a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

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A vice-president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council

Poitou-Charentes Regional Council

The Poitou-Charentes Regional Council is the Conseil régional of Poitou-Charentes . It is chaired by Ségolène Royal . It includes 55 members.-By Department:*18 councillors for Charente-Maritime*14 councillors for Vienne...

 between 2004 and 2007, she has been a MP of the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency

Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of the Charente-Maritime is a French legislative constituency in the Charente-Maritime department .It consists of eleven cantons located in the arrondissements of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and Saintes: Aulnay, Burie, Loulay, Matha, Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche, Saint-Jean-d'Angély,...

 since 2007. She is a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left

Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left

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 parliamentary group.

Poitou-Charentes Regional Council (2004-2007)

A wine grower

Winemaker

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 by profession, Catherine Quéré began her political career in the 2004 regional elections

French regional elections, 2004

Regional elections in were held in France on 21 and 28 March 2004. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 regions which, although they do not have legislative powers, manage sizeable budgets...

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She figured in second position on the socialist list in Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime

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 and was elected as a regional councillor in Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...

. 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.

MP of Saintes (2007-)

In the 2007 legislative election

French legislative election, 2007

The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, including France's overseas possessions...

, Catherine Quéré defeated Xavier de Roux

Xavier de Roux

Xavier de Roux is a French politician.He is member of the Radical Party and has been a deputy for the department Charente-Maritime in the National Assembly of France from 1993 until 1997 and from 2002 until 2007. Since 1983, he has been the elected mayor of Chaniers, a small town in...

, mayor of Chaniers

Chaniers

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 and outgoing MP.

In the first round, she arrived in second position (31.99%, 15,446 votes) whereas Xavier de Roux headed with 39.43 % (19.037 votes). In the run-off, Catherine Quéré was elected with 52.02 % (25.501 votes) as a MP of the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency.

National mandate

• MP of the Charente-Maritime's 3rd constituency (since 20 June 2007): Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left parliamentary group; secretary of the committee of the sustainable development
  Sustainable development
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   and spatial planning
  Spatial planning
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  , vice-president of the friendship groups of France/Macedonia
  Republic of Macedonia
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   and France/Malaysia.

Former local mandate

• Vice-president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council : 28 March 2004-1 September 2007

External links

Official website Catherine Quéré's official biography, French National Assembly