Hélène Vainqueur-Christophe (born 6 May 1956 in
Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe) is a French politician of the
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
who was elected to the
French National Assembly
The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ...
on 10 June 2012 (as the
supplementary candidate for
Victorin Lurel
Victorin Lurel ( ; born 20 August 1951 in Vieux-Habitants, Guadeloupe) is a French politician who represented the 4th district of Guadeloupe in the French National Assembly from 2002 to 2012. He also served as the
President of the Regional C ...
) representing the
4th constituency of the department of
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
.
Hélène Vainqueur-Christophe - biography on the French National Assembly website
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She was re-elected in the 2017 election, but did not contest the 2022 legislative election, which was won by Élie Califer, also of the Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
.
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Living people
1956 births
French people of Guadeloupean descent
Guadeloupean politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
21st-century French women politicians
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Black French politicians
People from Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe
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