Brigitte Fouré

Brigitte Fouré (born 13 August 1955 in Amiens) is a French university lecturer and former government minister, a member of the Nouveau Centre and of Société en mouvement [1] ("Society on the Move") She is also a lecturer in law at the University of Picardie Jules Verne.

Brigitte Fouré
Mayor of Amiens
Assumed office
4 April 2014
Preceded byGilles Demailly
In office
27 June 2002 – 29 March 2007
Preceded byGilles de Robien
Succeeded byGilles de Robien
First Vice-President of the Regional 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 byJean-Louis Bourlanges
Member of the Regional Council of Picardy
In office
21 March 1998 – 1 January 2008
Succeeded byGilles de Robien
Personal details
Born (1955-08-13) 13 August 1955
Amiens, France
Political partyUDI
Alma materPanthéon-Assas University

Early life and education

Daughter of a farmer, Fouré studied law at Amiens and Paris.

Political career

An activist for the UNI and then the CNI, Fouré was elected regional councillor in 1986 and conseillère municipale ("Municipal Councillor") in 1989. With Gilles de Robien she had responsibility for education and youth work. She joined the Parti républicain ("Republican Party") in 1992, within the Union for French Democracy. She became Mayor of Amiens in 1992 and was appointed a minister in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's first government.

In the French Regional Elections of 2004, Fouré was elected on the right-wing ticket of Gilles 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 succeeded Jean-Louis Bourlanges as a Member of the European Parliament. In parliament, she briefly served on the Committee on Transport and Tourism. Her mandate expired in June 2009.

Current mandates
  • Regional Councillor of Picardy
  • Municipal Councillor of Amiens

Political positions

In 2019, Fouré publicly declared her support for incumbent President Emmanuel Macron.[2]

Honours

Sources

This article was translated from its equivalent in the French Wikipedia on 19 July 2009.

References
  1. Societeenmouvement.org Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  2. Voici la tribune des 72 maires et élus locaux de droite et du centre qui annoncent leur soutien à Macron Le Journal du Dimanche, 8 June 2019.
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