Brigitte Fouré | |
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| Mayor ofAmiens | |
| In office 4 April 2014 – 24 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Demailly |
| Succeeded by | Hubert de Jenlis |
| In office 27 June 2002 – 29 March 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles de Robien |
| Succeeded by | Gilles de Robien |
| First Vice-President of theRegional Council of Hauts-de-France | |
| Assumed office 23 November 2017 | |
| Member of the General Council of Somme | |
| In office 28 June 2010 – 8 September 2014 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 10 January 2008 – 13 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Louis Bourlanges |
| Member of the Regional Council of Picardy | |
| In office 21 March 1998 – 1 January 2008 | |
| Succeeded by | Gilles de Robien |
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| Born | (1955-08-13)13 August 1955 (age 69) Amiens,France |
| Political party | UDI |
| Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University |
Brigitte Fouré (French pronunciation:[bʁiʒitfuʁe]; born 13 August 1955 inAmiens) is aFrench university lecturer and former government minister, a member of theNouveau Centre and ofSociété en mouvement[1] ("Society on the Move") She is also a lecturer in law at theUniversity of Picardie Jules Verne.
Daughter of a farmer, Fouré studied law at Amiens and Paris.
An activist for theUNI and then theCNI, Fouré was elected regional councillor in 1986 andconseillère municipale ("Municipal Councillor") in 1989. WithGilles de Robien she had responsibility for education and youth work. She joined theParti républicain ("Republican Party") in 1992, within theUnion for French Democracy. She becameMayor of Amiens in 1992 and was appointed a minister inJean-Pierre Raffarin's first government.
In theFrench Regional Elections of 2004, Fouré was elected on the right-wing ticket ofGilles de Robien. She resigned on 23 March 2007 to become second deputy mayor with responsibility for Local Democracy, Community Life, Prevention and Security.
On 1 January 2008 Fouré succeededJean-Louis Bourlanges as a Member of theEuropean Parliament. In parliament, she briefly served on theCommittee on Transport and Tourism. Her mandate expired in June 2009.
In 2019, Fouré publicly declared her support for incumbentPresidentEmmanuel Macron.[2]
This article was translated fromits equivalent in the French Wikipedia on 19 July 2009.
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