Adeline Hazan
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Adeline Hazan is a French politician
Politics of France
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, Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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 for the east of France
France
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, and mayor of Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....

 since March 2008.

She is a member of the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (France)
The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

, which is part of the Party of European Socialists
Party of European Socialists
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, and sits on the European Parliament
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's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries, a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the Maghreb
Maghreb
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 countries and the Arab Maghreb Union
Arab Maghreb Union
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.

She was elected mayor of Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....

 in March 2008. She competed against former minister Catherine Vautrin
Catherine Vautrin
Catherine Vautrin 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.-References:...

.

Has the nickname of "La Bonne" (the Maid) after the phrase of the Socialist General Secretary Candidate Martine Aubry
Martine Aubry
Martine Aubry is a French politician. She has been the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party since November 2008 and Mayor of Lille since March 2001...

 at the 2008 Reims Congress of the Socialist Party: "T'aurais pu faire le ménage Adeline" ( Adeline you should have cleaned the house after seeing a spider on her desk during her candidacy speech...)

She is a finalist for the 2010 World Mayor
World Mayor
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 prize.

Career

  • Master's degree in private law
    Law
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  • Diploma, Institute of Criminology (1976)
  • National College for Judicial Officials (nomination in 1980)
  • Judge for the implementation of sentences, Châlons-sur-Marne (1980)
  • Children's judge, Nanterre
    Nanterre
    Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located west of the center of Paris.Nanterre is the capital of the Hauts-de-Seine department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre....

     High Court (1983) and Paris High Court (1995)
  • Adviser to the Minister for Employment and Solidarity (1997–1999)
  • President of the Judiciary Association (1986–1989)
  • Socialist Party national secretary responsible for social issues (since 1995)
  • Member of the Reims
    Reims
    Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....

     Municipal Council (since 2001)
  • Member of the Champagne-Ardenne Regional Council (1998–2001)
  • Member of the European Parliament
    European Parliament
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     (since 1999)

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