Martine Lignières-Cassou | |
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Member of the French National Assembly for Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
Assumed office 12 June 1997 |
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Mayor of Pau | |
In office 2008–2014 |
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Preceded by | Yves Urieta |
Succeeded by | François Bayrou |
Personal details | |
Born |
Algiers, French Algeria |
22 February 1952
Nationality | French |
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater | University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour |
Martine Lignières-Cassou (born February 22, 1952 in Algiers) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and is a member of the Socialist Party and of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group. She was the mayor of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques from 2008 to 2014. In the 1970s she was a member of the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) before joining the Socialist Party in 1975.