Brigitte Le Brethon is a French politician, and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement

Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...

 (UMP). She was born in Campeaux

Campeaux, Calvados

Campeaux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-Population:...

, Calvados

Calvados

The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...

, France.

She was the mayor of Caen

Caen

Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....

 (France) from 2001 to 2008. She was Caen's first woman mayor and was defeated in March 2008 by Philippe Duron

Philippe Duron

Philippe Duron is a French politician. He is mayor of Caen and deputy for Caen-Ouest.Philippe Duron was born June 19, 1947 in Antony . He received a degree in history in 1975 and was a teacher until 1997. His political models are Pierre Mendès-France and François Mitterrand...

, a member of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (France)

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.

She was elected on 16 June 2002, for the 16th legislature (2002–2007), in the arrondissement of Calvados (1st).

Mandates

• 14 March 1983 - 19 March 1989: Associated with the Mayor of Caen
• 18 March 1985 - 29 March 1992: Vice-president of the general Council of Calvados
• 20 March 1989 - 18 June 1995: Associated with the Mayor of Caen
• 30 March 1992 - 22 March 1998: Vice-president of the general Council of Calvados
• 19 March 1995 - 18 March 2001: Associated with the Mayor of Caen
• 6 March 1998 - 15 July 2002: Vice-president of the regional Council of Basse-Normandie
  Basse-Normandie
  Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...
  
   (Lower Normandy)
• 16 June 2002 - 19 June 2007 : Member of Parliament
  Member of Parliament
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   in the arrondissement of Calvados (1st)
• March 2001 - March 2008 : Mayor of Caen, France

Sources

• Official site at the Assemblee Nationale