Marie-Arlette Carlotti

Marie-Arlette Carlotti (French pronunciation: [maʁi aʁlɛt kaʁlɔti]; born 21 January 1952 in Béziers) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the French Senate since 2020, representing Bouches-du-Rhône. She previously was a Member of the European Parliament from south-east of France.

Marie-Arlette Carlotti
Marie-Arlette Carlotti in 2012
Member of the French Senate
for Bouches-du-Rhône
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Minister Delegate to Disabled people
In office
16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Succeeded bySégolène Neuville
Member of the National Assembly
for Bouches-du-Rhône's 5th constituency
In office
20 June 2012 – 20 June 2017
Preceded byRenaud Muselier
Succeeded byCathy Racon-Bouzon
Personal details
Born (1952-01-21) 21 January 1952
Béziers, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materPaul Cézanne University
IAE Aix-en-Provence

Early life and education
  • Specialised postgraduate diploma in law (1979)
  • Specialised postgraduate diploma in human resource management (1986)

Educated at Paul Cézanne University in Marseille, France

Early career
  • Company executive in the aeronautical industry (since 1991)

Political career

Early beginnings
  • Member of the Socialist Party national executive and national secretary (1986-1994)
  • national delegate (since 1998)
  • Member of the Bouches-du-Rhône Departmental Council representing the Canton of Marseille-Les Cinq-Avenues(since 1988)

Member of the European Parliament, 1996–2009

As member of the Party of European Socialists, Carlotti served on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.[1] In this capacity, she served as the parliament's rapporteur on the role of migration for development in 2006.[2] She was a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[3]

In addition to her committee assignments, Carlotti was a vice-chair of the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the delegations for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, and to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.[4]

Carlotti was one of six Members of the European Parliament participating in the European Union's observer mission in Togo for the October 2007 Togolese parliamentary election.[5]

Career in government

On 16 May 2012 Carlotti was appointed by President François Hollande as Junior Minister for the Disabled at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, in the government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.[6]

Member of the French Parliament, 2012–2017

Ahead of the 2014 French municipal elections, Carlotti announced her intention to become the Socialist Party's candidate to challenge incumbent Mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin; however, she lost her party's primaries against Patrick Mennucci and Samia Ghali.[7]

In the Socialist Party's 2018 convention in Aubervilliers, Carlotti publicly endorsed Stéphane Le Foll as candidate for the party's leadership.[8]

Member of the French Senate, 2020–present

In the Senate, Carlotti serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense.[9]

References
  1. Marie-Arlette Carlotti European Parliament.
  2. David Cronin (29 March 2006), Foreign ministers bid to stop Africa’s brain-drain European Voice.
  3. Marie-Arlette Carlotti European Parliament.
  4. Marie-Arlette Carlotti European Parliament.
  5. "Arrivée à Lomé des députés européens" Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, Republicoftogo.com, October 11, 2007 (in French).
  6. The ‘Yes’, ‘No’ and ‘Maybe’ team European Voice, 23 May 2012.
  7. Chloé Woitier (14 October 2013), Marie-Arlette Carlotti, la discrète Le Figaro.
  8. Pierre Lepelletier (7 March 2018), Congrès du PS : qui soutient qui ? Le Figaro.
  9. Marie-Arlette Carlotti National Assembly of France.


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