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Michèle André

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Michèle André
Member of the Senate for Puy-de-Dôme
In office
23 September 2001 – 1 October 2017
Parliamentary groupSOC
President of the Senate Finance Committee
In office
7 October 2014 – 1 October 2017
Preceded byPhilippe Marini
Succeeded byVincent Éblé
Secretary of State
in charge of women's rights and the equality opportunity between men and women
In office
24 June 1988 – 16 May 1991
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterMichel Rocard
GovernmentRocard II
Preceded byGeorgina Dufoix
Succeeded byVéronique Neiertz
General Councillor of Puy-de-Dôme
In office
22 March 1998 – 2 April 2015
Preceded byMichel Cornil
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyCanton of Clermont-Ferrand-Nord-Ouest
In office
1 January 1989 – 29 March 1992
Preceded bySerge Godard
Succeeded byMichel Cornil
ConstituencyCanton of Clermont-Ferrand-Nord-Ouest
Personal details
Born (1947-02-02) 2 February 1947 (age 77)
Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, France
Political partyPS

Michèle André (born 6 February 1947) is a French politician and member of the Socialist Party. Director of a public medico-social establishment, she was a Senator for the Puy-de-Dôme department and president of the Senate Finance Committee [fr] until October 2017.[1][2]

Biography

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Michèle André was a Secretary of State, in charge of women's rights and the equality of opportunity between men and women, in the 2nd government of Michel Rocard from 23 June 1988 to 15 May 1991.

She was a Vice-President in the Senate until 7 October 2008, the renewal date for the Senate executive office. In the role, André was a member of the Constitutional laws, legislation, universal suffrage, regulations and general administration committee.

She was a regional councillor of Auvergne, Vice-President of the general council of Puy-de-Dôme, and deputy mayor of Clermont-Ferrand, as well as a member of the Parliamentary office for the evaluation of legislation and the Conseil national de la montagne [fr].

André was a Socialist Senator for the Puy-de-Dôme department from 23 September 2001 to 1 October 2017. Sitting on the Finance Committee [fr], she became its President in 2014 after the Senate was returned to right-wing majority.[3] She was also a member of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie and president of the France-Croatia inter-parliamentary friendship group and Senate delegation for women's rights and the equality of opportunity between men and women.

Other involvements

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References

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  1. ^ "Institut Départmental de Jeunes Sourdes". Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Anciens sénateurs Vème République : ANDRÉ Michèle". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  3. ^ "Sénat : Michèle André (PS) à la tête de la commission des Finances". Les Echos (in French). 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  4. ^ d'Istria, Geneviève Colonna (2012-03-01). "Les repaires des francs-maçons". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-07.