Carole Delga (born 19 August 1971) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as the President of Occitania since 2016.

Political career

Delga has been a member of the Socialist Party since 2004.

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–2017

From 2012 until 2017, Delga was a member of the National Assembly, where she served on the Finance Committee (2012–2014) and the Defence Committee (2015–2017). In 2014, she briefly served as Secretary of State for Trade, Crafts, Consumer and Social Economy and Solidarity under Minister of Finance and Public Accounts

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in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls; she replaced Valérie Fourneyron who had resigned for health reasons.

President of Occitanie, 2016–present

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Delga publicly endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year. Since 2017, she has been part of the party's leadership. She was re-elected in the

2021 French regional elections Regional elections were held in France on 20 June and 27 June 2021. At stake were the regional councils in metropolitan and overseas France including the Corsican Assembly, Assembly of French Guiana and Assembly of Martinique, all for a six-year ...

. Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Delga endorsed

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as the Socialist Party’s candidate.Jannick Alimi (12 July 2021)
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References

1971 births Living people Presidents of the Regional Council of Occitania (administrative region) Members of the Regional Council of Occitania (administrative region) Socialist Party (France) politicians Politicians from Toulouse Presidents of French regions and overseas collectivities Women government ministers of France Women mayors of places in France 21st-century French women politicians Toulouse 1 University Capitole alumni {{France-politician-Socialist-stub