Christine Prunaud (born 4 September 1950) is a French politician. She served as senator for Côtes-d'Armor from 2014 to 2020.

Biography

One of three children in a politically socialist family, Prunaud is the granddaughter of Eugène Bagot, the mayor of

Plénée-Jugon Plénée-Jugon (; br, Plened-Yugon; Gallo: ''Plénét'') is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. The Arguenon river flows through the commune. Population Inhabitants of Plénée-Jugon are called ''plé ...

from 1945 to 1959.. As an adult, she was active in a number of advocacy groups, including ones for women's rights, secularism, and equality. She was elected to the municipal council of

Lamballe Lamballe (; ; Gallo: ''Lanball'') is a town and a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Lamballe-Armor. It lies on the river Gouessant east-sout ...

in 2001, 2008, and 2014, serving a stint as deputy mayor.

Senatorial career

In the 2014 elections to the French senate, she ran as the second name on the common left-wing list led by Yannick Botrel, successfully winning a seat. In the senate, she represents the

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and has been a member of the

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and sits on the board of the

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. Until October 2017, she sat on the Culture, Education, and Communication Committee. That month, she was named to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. On 24 June 2018, she was arrested in Ağrı along with two other

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members while serving as an observer for the

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. She participated in a conference titled « La souveraineté du peuple sahraoui sur ses ressources naturelles » in November 2019 in Paris, which discussed issues surrounding the role of Morocco and multinationals in resource exploitation in

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. In September 2020, she announced her retirement from politics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prunaud, Christine French Senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Côtes-d'Armor 21st-century French women politicians 1950 births Living people Women members of the Senate (France)