Françoise de Veyrinas
Encyclopedia
Françoise de Veyrinas, born Gardey de Soos (4 September 1943 – 16 August 2008) was a French
politician and Member of the European Parliament.
representing the UDF
and the UMP
uninterrupted since 1983, she was première adjointe ( "First Assistant") to her town from 1995 until 2008 and vice-president of the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Toulouse ( loosely, "Community of the Conurbation of Greater Toulouse"). She sat on the Regional Mid-Pyrénées Council and then the General Council of Haute-Garonne. She was also a Member of the European Parliament after François Bayrou
resigned. A specialist in social issues, she was briefly (May-November 1995) Secrétaire d'État aux Quartiers en difficulté ( "Secretary of State for Quarters in Difficulty") in the first Juppé
government.
Voted a member of the UDF-CDS in 1993, she then failed to be elected in the legislative elections of 2002 and 2007. In 2008, though re-elected city councillor on the ticket of the outgoing mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc
, she ended up in opposition to the new Socialist mayor, Pierre Cohen
.
From May 2003 until her death, de Veyrinas was president of the Conseil national des missions locales ( "National Council of Local Missions").
She died on 16 August 2008 at age 64, after a battle with cancer. She received many tributes and mayor Pierre Cohen came to her funeral.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
politician and Member of the European Parliament.
Biography
Elected to ToulouseToulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
representing the UDF
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
and the UMP
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...
uninterrupted since 1983, she was première adjointe ( "First Assistant") to her town from 1995 until 2008 and vice-president of the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Toulouse ( loosely, "Community of the Conurbation of Greater Toulouse"). She sat on the Regional Mid-Pyrénées Council and then the General Council of Haute-Garonne. She was also a Member of the European Parliament after François Bayrou
François Bayrou
François Bayrou is a French centrist politician, president of Union for French Democracy since 1998 and was a candidate in the 2002 and 2007 French presidential elections. In the first round, he received 18.6% of the vote, finishing in 3rd place and therefore was eliminated from the race....
resigned. A specialist in social issues, she was briefly (May-November 1995) Secrétaire d'État aux Quartiers en difficulté ( "Secretary of State for Quarters in Difficulty") in the first Juppé
Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé is a French politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac and the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2010 to 2011...
government.
Voted a member of the UDF-CDS in 1993, she then failed to be elected in the legislative elections of 2002 and 2007. In 2008, though re-elected city councillor on the ticket of the outgoing mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc
Jean-Luc Moudenc
Jean-Luc Moudenc is a French politician and was the mayor of Toulouse from 2004 to 2008. He was defeated for reelection in 2008 by Pierre Cohen of the Socialist Party. Moudenc is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party .Moudenc was born in Toulouse...
, she ended up in opposition to the new Socialist mayor, Pierre Cohen
Pierre Cohen
Pierre Cohen is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Garonne department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche group....
.
From May 2003 until her death, de Veyrinas was president of the Conseil national des missions locales ( "National Council of Local Missions").
She died on 16 August 2008 at age 64, after a battle with cancer. She received many tributes and mayor Pierre Cohen came to her funeral.
Citizenship
- Regional delegate to the Women of Midi-Pyrénées (1979–1982 and 1986–1989)
- Head of Maintenance at home elderly in Haute-Garonne (1983–1986)
- Chargée de mission for the Minister of Social Affairs, Health and City, Simone VeilSimone VeilSimone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France....
(1994)
Political offices
- Regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées (1986–1992)
- General Counsel of the Canton of Toulouse XII (1992–2001)
- Member of the Sixth district of Haute-Garonne from 1993 to 1995
- Secretary of State for areas, with the Minister for Integration and the Fight against Exclusion in Alain Juppé's government in 1995
- MEP 2002 to 2004
- City Council of Toulouse in 1983 to 2008
- Deputy Mayor of Toulouse from 1995 to 2008 (mandates of Dominique BaudisDominique BaudisDominique Baudis is the French ombudsman. Formerly a journalist, politician and Mayor of Toulouse, he had been a member of DL and later of the leading centre-right Union for a Popular Movement....
, Philippe Douste-BlazyPhilippe Douste-BlazyPhilippe Douste-Blazy is a French centre-right politician. He served as Minister for Health , Minister of Culture and Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin .Douste-Blazy is also a cardiologist and Christian Democrat politician from Lourdes...
and Jean-Luc MoudencJean-Luc MoudencJean-Luc Moudenc is a French politician and was the mayor of Toulouse from 2004 to 2008. He was defeated for reelection in 2008 by Pierre Cohen of the Socialist Party. Moudenc is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party .Moudenc was born in Toulouse...
)
Honours
- Officier de la Legion d'honneur, awarded Friday 9 February 2007
- Officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite, awarded 31 December 2005