Brigitte Le Brethon
Brigitte Le Brethon (born 8 March 1951) is a French politician, and a member of The Republicans. She was born in Campeaux, Calvados, France. She was the mayor of Caen from 2001 to 2008. She was Caen's first woman mayor and was defeated in March 2008 by Philippe Duron, a member of the Socialist Party. She was elected on 16 June 2002, for the 12th legislature (2002–2007), in the First constituency of Calvados. Political Office *14 March 1983 – 19 March 1989 : Deputy mayor of Caen. *18 March 1985 – 29 March 1992 : Vice-president of the General Council of Calvados. *20 March 1989 – 18 June 1995 : Deputy mayor of Caen. *30 March 1992 – 22 March 1998 : Vice-president of the general Council of Calvados. *19 March 1995 – 18 March 2001 : Deputy mayor of Caen. *6 March 1998 – 15 July 2002 : Vice-president of the regional Council of Lower Normandy. *16 June 2002 – 19 June 2007 : Member of the National Assembly in Calvados's 1st constituency. *24 March 2001 – 23 March ...
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Mayor (France)
In France, a mayor (french: maire), ( Occitan: ''cònsol)'' is chairperson of the municipal council, which organises the work and deliberates on municipal matters. The mayor also has significant powers and their own responsibilities, such as the responsibility for the activities of municipal police and for the management of municipal staff. The officeholder is also the representative of the state in the commune. As such, the mayor is a civil officer of the State (''Officier d'état civil'') and judiciary police officer (''Officier de police judiciaire''). The term period of office for a mayor is six years. Elections History From 1789 to 1799 municipal officials (mayors) were directly elected for 2 years and re-elected by the active citizens of the commune with taxpayers contributing at least 3 days of work to the commune. Those who were eligible could instead pay a tax equivalent to not less than 10 days of work. In 1799 the constitution of 22 Frimaire year VIII (13 Decem ...
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