Bernadette Bourzai
Encyclopedia
Bernadette Bourzai is a French politician
and Member of the Senate of France representing the Department of Corrèze
.
During her political career, she has held many local offices, including Égletons
municipal council, Corrèze General Council, Limoges Regional Council, and Mayor of Égletons.
She was elected to the European Parliament
on 18 June 2004, from the third position on the Socialist party list representing Loire, Massif Central
, and sat on the European Parliament
's Committee on Regional Development.
In addition, she was vice-chair of the delegation to the EU
–Kazakhstan
, EU–Kyrgyzstan
and EU–Uzbekistan
Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan
, Turkmenistan
and Mongolia
, a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU
–Turkey
Joint Parliamentary Committee.
On 21 September 2008, she was elected to the Senate, representing the Department of Corrèze
, and resigned her position in the European Parliament, replaced by Jean-Paul Denanot
. In the Senate, she is Secretary of the Commission on European Affairs, and a member of the Commission on Cultural Affairs.
Politics of France
France is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of France is head of state and the Prime Minister of France is the head of government, and there is a pluriform, multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is...
and Member of the Senate of France representing the Department of Corrèze
Corrèze
Corrèze is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River.The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens or Corréziennes according to gender.-History:...
.
During her political career, she has held many local offices, including Égletons
Égletons
Égletons is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.-Population:-References:*...
municipal council, Corrèze General Council, Limoges Regional Council, and Mayor of Égletons.
She was elected to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
on 18 June 2004, from the third position on the Socialist party list representing Loire, Massif Central
Loire, Massif Central (European Parliament constituency)
In European elections, Massif central–Centre is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the regions of Auvergne, Centre and Limousin.-2009:For the 2009 election, five MEPs were elected from the constituency:-2004:...
, and sat on the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on Regional Development.
In addition, she was vice-chair of the delegation to the EU
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
–Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, EU–Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
and EU–Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
and Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
, a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
–Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
Joint Parliamentary Committee.
On 21 September 2008, she was elected to the Senate, representing the Department of Corrèze
Corrèze
Corrèze is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River.The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens or Corréziennes according to gender.-History:...
, and resigned her position in the European Parliament, replaced by Jean-Paul Denanot
Jean-Paul Denanot
Jean-Paul Denanot, born 24 April 1944, is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party.Between 1992 and 2004, he was Mayor of the town of Feytiat, in Haute-Vienne, a post which he gave up in order to become President of the Regional Council of Limousin.He had run for the European Parliament...
. In the Senate, she is Secretary of the Commission on European Affairs, and a member of the Commission on Cultural Affairs.
Career
- Degree in history and geography, University of Clermont-FerrandUniversity of Clermont-FerrandThe University of Clermont-Ferrand was officially founded in 1896, by merging of two existing faculties and a medical school. In 1976, due to political issues, the University split between University Clermont-Ferrand I - University of Auvergne and University Clermont-Ferrand II - Blaise Pascal...
(1971) - master's degree in geography, University of Clermont-FerrandUniversity of Clermont-FerrandThe University of Clermont-Ferrand was officially founded in 1896, by merging of two existing faculties and a medical school. In 1976, due to political issues, the University split between University Clermont-Ferrand I - University of Auvergne and University Clermont-Ferrand II - Blaise Pascal...
(1972) - highest postgraduate teaching qualification in geography (1973)
- Teacher (with the highest postgraduate teaching qualification) (1973–1998)
- Member of the Socialist Party national council (1989–2004)
- Member of Égletons Municipal Council (1983–2001)
- Mayor of ÉgletonsÉgletonsÉgletons is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.-Population:-References:*...
(2001–2004) - Member of the Corrèze Departmental Council (since 1994)
- Member of the Limousin Regional Council (1986–2001)
- Vice-Chairwoman of the Limousin Regional Council (1992–2001)
- KnightKnightA knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
of the National Order of Merit - Member of the European Parliament (2004–2008)
- Member of the Senate of France (2008- )
External links
- Official website (in FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) - European Parliament biography
- Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDFPortable Document FormatPortable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
file)