Josette Borel-Lincertin (born 12 August 1941), is a French politician from Guadeloupe. She served as president of the regional council of Guadeloupe from 2012 to 2014 and president of the departmental council from 2015 to 2021.

Early and professional career

Josette Claire LincertinDécret du 13 juillet 2009 portant promotion et nomination
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du 14 juillet 2009, sur le site

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was born on 12 August 1941 on the island of

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, in the

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(in the south of the island). Her mother was a baker and she brought up a family of four children with benevolent authority. First educated in Marie-Galante, she left her island for Guadeloupe to continue her education. After her baccalaureate, Borel-Lincertin went to study in

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and returned in 1964, aged 22, to begin a teaching career that would last 40 years. She taught mathematics for 18 years before becoming head of establishment in several academies. She was initially assigned as principal of the college of Pointe-Noire, in the north of Basse-Terre, in Guadeloupe. In 1986, she was appointed professor at Académie d'Amiens. She then became a principal, and ended her career at Lycée Gerville-Réache in

Basse-Terre Basse-Terre (, ; ; gcf, label=Guadeloupean Creole, Bastè, ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the ''prefecture'' (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located o ...

in 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borel-Lincertin, Josette 1941 births Living people Presidents of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe Guadeloupean women Guadeloupean women in politics Socialist Party (France) politicians 20th-century French women politicians 21st-century French women politicians