Élisabeth Morin-Chartier (born 10 October 1947 in Ceaux-en-Couhé

Ceaux-en-Couhé

Ceaux-en-Couhé is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.-References:*...

, Vienne

Vienne

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) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 elected in the 2009 European election

European Parliament election, 2009 (France)

European elections to elect 72 French Members of the European Parliament were held on Sunday 7 June 2009.Due to the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007, the number of seats allocated to France was revised from 78 seats to 72 seats, a loss of 6 seats...

 for the West France

West France (European Parliament constituency)

West France is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 10 MEPs. It includes the French regions of Brittany, Pays de la Loire, and Poitou-Charentes.-2009:-2004:...

 constituency. She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement

Union for a Popular Movement

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She was Vice President of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council

Poitou-Charentes Regional Council

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 under Regional President Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne.Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin...

 and assumed the presidency upon Raffarin's nomination as Prime Minister of France

Prime Minister of France

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. Her list in the 2004 regional elections

French regional elections, 2004

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 was defeated in a near-landslide by the Socialist list, led by Ségolène Royal

Ségolène Royal

Marie-Ségolène Royal , known as Ségolène Royal, is a French politician. She is the president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council, a former member of the National Assembly, a former government minister, and a prominent member of the French Socialist Party...

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In the 2004 European election

European Parliament election, 2004 (France)

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, she was the third candidate on Roselyne Bachelot's UMP list in the West but she was not elected. However, when Bachelot entered the François Fillon

François Fillon

François Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...

 cabinet in May 2007, she became Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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. She was also a member of the French Economic and Social Council

French Economic and Social Council

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 between September 2004 and May 2007.

In the 2009 European elections, she was the second candidate on the UMP list in the West region and was elected to the European Parliament

European Parliament

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