Catherine Fournier (16 September 1955 – 7 December 2021) was a French politician.

Biography

Fournier began serving as

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

Fréthun Fréthun (; vls, Fraaituin, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A village located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D246 roads. It is ho ...

in 1995. She served as General Councilor of the Canton of Calais-Nord-Ouest from 2006 to 2008. She was then elected to the

Regional Council of Hauts-de-France The Regional Council of Hauts-de-France ( French: ''Conseil régional des Hauts-de-France'') is the deliberative assembly of the Hauts-de-France region in Northern France. It was named Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie before the vo ...

in 2016. She also served as Vice-President of the , as well as of Grand Calais Terres et Mers. On 24 September 2017, Fournier was elected to the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

. Therefore, she was forced to resign as mayor of Fréthun and was succeeded by Guy Heddebaux. As a senator, she invited yellow vest protestor to the Senate to discuss the privatization of Groupe ADP and Française des Jeux. However, the meeting was cancelled. Catherine Fournier died on 7 December 2021, at the age of 66.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, Catherine 1955 births 2021 deaths 21st-century French women politicians People from Boulogne-sur-Mer Senators of Pas-de-Calais Women members of the Senate (France) Union of Democrats and Independents politicians Mayors of places in Hauts-de-France Women mayors of places in France