Françoise de Panafieu
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Françoise de Panafieu is a French politician, member of the Union for a Popular Movement
(UMP) party and mayor
of the XVIIe arrondissement
of Paris
. She was a member of the French Cabinet as tourism minister in 1995 and she has been an MP for Paris since 2002. She unsuccessfully ran for Paris mayorship in the 2008 elections against Bertrand Delanoë
, losing by almost 20 points.
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) party and mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of the XVIIe arrondissement
XVIIe arrondissement
The 17th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.-Geography:The land area of this arrondissement is 5.669 km2 The 17th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of...
of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. She was a member of the French Cabinet as tourism minister in 1995 and she has been an MP for Paris since 2002. She unsuccessfully ran for Paris mayorship in the 2008 elections against Bertrand Delanoë
Bertrand Delanoë
Bertrand Delanoë is a French politician, and has been the mayor of Paris since 2001. He is member of the Socialist Party . Delanoë was born in Tunis, Tunisia to a French-Tunisian father and a French mother...
, losing by almost 20 points.