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Dominique Voynet | |
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| Member of theNational Assembly | |
| Assumed office 8th July 2024 | |
| Election | 7 July 2024 |
| National Assembly | 17th(Fifth Republic) |
| Preceded by | Éric Alauzet |
| Constituency | Doubs's2nd |
| In office 1st June 1997 – 4 July 1997 | |
| Election | 1st June 1997 |
| National Assembly | 11th(Fifth Republic) |
| Government | Jospin |
| Preceded by | Gilbert Barbier |
| Succeeded by | André Vauchez |
| Constituency | Jura's3rd |
| Director ofMayotte Regional Health Agency | |
| In office 1st September 2019 – 1st February 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Stéphane Fréchet (acting) Olivier Brahic |
| Mayor ofMontreuil | |
| In office 22 March 2008 – 4 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Brard |
| Succeeded by | Patrice Bessac |
| Member of theSenate | |
| In office 26 September 2004 – 30 September 2011 | |
| Parliamentary group | SOC |
| Constituency | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Minister of the Environment and Territorial planning | |
| In office 4 June 1997 – 9 July 2001 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Jean-Claude Gaudin(Territorial planning) Corinne Lepage(Environnement) |
| Succeeded by | Yves Cochet |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 13 November 1991 – 10 December 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Solange Fernex |
| Succeeded by | Marie-Anne Isler-Béguin |
| Parliamentary group | The Greens |
| Constituency | France |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-11-04)4 November 1958 (age 67) Montbéliard, France |
| Party | Europe Écologie–The Greens |
| Profession | Physician |
Dominique Voynet (born 4 November 1958) is a French politician who is a member ofEurope Écologie–The Greens. She is the formermayor ofMontreuil and was a Frenchsenator for thedépartement ofSeine-Saint-Denis.
Dominique Voynet trained as a doctor, specifically as ananesthetist. During her studies in the late 1970s, she began participating inenvironmental activism. She fought against the establishment of nuclear reactors inFessenheim andMalville, and thedeforestation of theVosges area on behalf of the Belfort Association for the Protection of Nature.
She also became a member ofAmnesty International and theFrench Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT). In her student years, she was a broadcaster for an independent radio station, "Radio ondes rouges" (Red Radio Waves). Her pacifist and environmental efforts continued with her membership ofFront de lutte antimilitariste (FLAM, "Front for the Antimilitarist Struggle") andFriends of the Earth.
Politics tempted her at this time, however the issues that were dear to her – social efforts, peace andenvironmentalism – were not represented in France by any party at the time. For this reason, she became one of the founding members ofThe Greens in France.
In 1989 she was elected aMember of the European Parliament.[1] From 1992 to 1994 she was a member of theconseil régional (regional council) ofFranche-Comté.
She contested the1995 presidential election which raised her public profile across all of France. In the first round of voting, she won 3.32% of the vote.
She was electedmayor ofMontreuil sous bois in the Seine Saint Denis on the second round of Municipal elections, 16 March 2008, defeating Jean Pierre Brard longstanding communist mayor since 1984.
From 1997 to 2001 she was Minister of the Environment and Regional Planning under theLionel Jospin government, she resigned on 9 July 2001 and was replaced byYves Cochet. In 2004, she was elected senator for the Seine-Saint-Denisdépartement. Since the2008 French municipal elections she is the elected mayor ofMontreuil.
Dominique Voynet was designated the Green candidate for the2007 presidential election on 19 July 2006.[2] In the first round of the election, she garnered 576,666 votes (1.57%), failing to reach the second round.
On 25 November 2013 Voynet announced she would not seek a second term as mayor of Montreuil, complaining of the "degradation of political life"[This quote needs a citation] in Montreuil and elsewhere.[citation needed]
On 1 January 2020, Voynet became the Director ofMayotteRegional Health Agency.[3]
In a 2016op-ed published by Sunday newspaperLe Journal du Dimanche, Voynet joined sixteen other high-profile women from across the political spectrum – includingÉlisabeth Guigou,Christine Lagarde, andValérie Pécresse – in making a public vow to expose "all sexist remarks, inappropriate gestures and behaviour."[4]
Governmental function
Minister of Planning and Environment : 1997–2001.
Electoral mandates
European Parliament
Member ofEuropean Parliament : 1989–1991 (Resignation). Elected in 1989.
Senate of France
Senator ofSeine-Saint-Denis : 2004–2011. Elected in 2004.
General Council
General councillor ofJura (department) : 1998–2004.
Regional Council
Regional councillor ofFranche-Comté : 1992–1994 (Resignation).
Municipal Council
Mayor ofMontreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis : 2008–2014.
Municipal councillor ofDole, Jura : 1989–2004 (Resignation). Reelected in 1995, 2001.
