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Anne-Marie Comparini (born 11 July 1947 in
Orange, Vaucluse
Orange (; Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Aurenja'' or ''Aurenjo'' ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in southeastern France. It is ...
) is a
French politician. She is a former Member of Parliament and a former President of the
Rhône-Alpes Regional Council
Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône an ...
.
Anne Marie Comparini se retire de la vie politique
''Le Monde
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'', 18 September 2007, retrieved 21 October 2011.
Biography
She studied law at Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
, graduating in public law, and worked at the ''Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française'' (former French national broadcaster, equivalent to the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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) and the ''Institut national de l'audiovisuel'' (broadcasting regulator) before becoming parliamentary assistant to
Raymond Barre
Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (; 12 April 192425 August 2007) was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents ( Rey, ...
from 1978 to 2001. She entered the Regional Council of
Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône an ...
in 1986 and was re-elected in 1992. Between 1995 and 2001, she was adjutant to Raymond Barre in the
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
Mayoralty, charged with city policy and universities.
Charles Millon
Charles Marie Philippe Millon (born 13 November 1945) is a French politician who served as Minister of Defence from 1995 to 1997 under Prime Minister Alain Juppé. A former member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he represented Ain in t ...
's election to the Presidency of the Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes was invalidated by the State Council in 1999, at which time she was elected to lead the region, largely thanks to the support of the Union for French Democracy who refused to participate in Millon's alliance with the National Front. She lost to the candidate of the political left,
Jean-Jack Queyranne
Jean-Jack Queyranne (born 2 November 1945) is a French politician. He has been the Regional President of the Rhône-Alpes since June 2002 (succeeding Anne-Marie Comparini) and is a deputy in the National Assembly from the seventh district of R ...
, in the 2004 election.
On 16 June 2002, meanwhile, she was elected a member of parliament to the XIIth Parliament (2002–2007), where she was a member of the Law Commission. She remained loyal to
François Bayrou
François René Jean Lucien Bayrou (; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has presided over the Democratic Movement (MoDem) since he founded it in 2007. A centrist, he was a candidate in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 presidential elections. ...
in the
2007 presidential election
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, when she was defeated in the first round. In the same month (June),
Patrick Devedjian
Patrick Devedjian ( hy, Պատրիկ Դեւեջեան; 26 August 1944 – 28 March 2020) was a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. A close adviser of Nicolas Sarkozy since the 1990s, he was Minister under the Pri ...
famously called her a ''salope'' ("slut") on-camera on the Lyon metropolitan television channel.
[ Devedjian traite Comparini de "salope" : Sarkozy et Dati condamnent]
''Le Nouvel Observateur
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Although a regional councillor promised to head the list of candidates for the Lyon municipality, she nevertheless announced her decision to withdraw from politics in September 2007. She is to continue as regional councillor until September 2010.
References
This article was translated from
:fr:Anne-Marie Comparini in the French Wikipedia on 3 July 2009.
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1947 births
Living people
People from Orange, Vaucluse
French people of Italian descent
Union for French Democracy politicians
Democratic Movement (France) politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Presidents of French regions and overseas collectivities
21st-century French women politicians
20th-century French women politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur