Catherine Vautrin
| Catherine Vautrin | |
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| Member of the French National Assembly for Marne | |
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Assumed office 17 June 2007 |
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26 July 1960 Reims, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | The Republicans |
Catherine Vautrin (born July 26, 1960) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Marne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Catherine Vautrin was born July 26, 1960 in Reims. Her husband, Jean-Loup Pennaforte is chief of internal medicine at the University Hospital of Reims. They have a daughter, Hortense, born in 2002.
She holds a Master of Business Law. In 1986, she started her professional activity by becoming a product manager in the American insurance company CIGNA after which she became director of marketing and communication in France and for Europe.
In 1983, at the request of Jean Falalashe became a municipal councilor in the city of Reims. She was the youngest of the team. In 1999, she left her job in the private sector to join the Regional Council of Champagne-Ardenne, where she holds the position of Deputy Director General in charge of directions and operational services.
In June 2002, she became member of the second district of the Marne, she succeeded Jean-Claude Etienne. Catherine Vautrin is a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs, as such she was:
On 31 March 2004 she was appointed Secretary of State for Integration and Equal Opportunities, October 28, 2004 Secretary of State for Seniors, and June 2, 2005, Minister Delegate for Social Cohesion and Parity. In April 2006, she was elected president of the Federation of the UMP. Catherine Vautrin was appointed President Communication and Initiative Marne, club Jean-Pierre Raffarin of which she is a member of the National Office.
June 17, 2007, she was re-elected with 56.93% of the vote. In the National Assembly, she was elected Vice-President of the Commission of Economic Affairs. She is a board member of the UMP in the National Assembly.
July 6, 2007, she officially announced her candidacy for mayor of Reims, in the context of French municipal elections of 2008.
After the first round, March 9, 2008, she obtained 25.19% of the vote. She campaigned in the second round against the candidate of the left union Adeline Hazan, obtaining 43.93% of the vote despite the UMP nomination (given in the first round Renaud Dutreil) and was elected councilor opposition.
June 25, 2008 Catherine Vautrin is designated by the members of the UMP group to become, as of October 2008, Vice-President of the National Assembly, replacing Marc-Philippe Daubresse whose peers did not reelect him.
She advanced to the 1st Vice-President of the Assembly when Marc Laffineur was appointed to government in June 2011. In 2012, after switching to the left of the National Assembly, Laurence Dumont succeeded her as First Vice-President and she was appointed the fifth vice-president.
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