Marie-Hélène Simone Monique Amiable (born 14 March 1960) is a French politician who has served as the

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since 2004. She also served as

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for the Hauts-de-Seine's 11th constituency from 2007 to 2012. Amiable is a member of the

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European Unit ...

(PCF) and sat in the

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group in the National Assembly.

Biography

Early life and family

Marie-Hélène Simone Monique Amiable was born on 14 March 1960 in the

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. She also works as a teacher and has one child.

Political career

Mayor of Bagneux

Since 1989, Amiable has served as a municipal councillor of

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, as a member of the

. She served as deputy mayor from March 1989 to March 2001 and was then elected mayor on 15 May 2004. Amiable was re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. During the

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, Amiable led an electoral list called ''Bagneux Pour Tous, Tous Pour Bagneux'' that united several left-wing parties. She won re-election with 60.74% of the vote in the first round, ahead of Patrice Martin of the

Union of Democrats and Independents The Union of Democrats and Independents (french: Union des démocrates et indépendants, UDI) is a Centrism, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right list of political parties in France, political party in France and former Electoral alliance ...

with 20.75%, Fatima Kadouci of

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with 10.29% and three other lists. Every year, Amiable and other Communist mayors in Hautes-de-Seine participate in a protest against the explosion of homeless people from shelter after the winter holidays.

Member of the National Assembly

During the

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s, Amiable was elected

for Hauts-de-Seine's 11th constituency with 58.58% of the vote, defeating Jean-Loup Metton of the

Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy (french: Union pour la démocratie française, UDF) was a centre to centre-right political party in France. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to c ...

and

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. Her designated substitute was Catherine Margaté, general councillor of the Canton of Malakoff since 1994 and mayor of

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since 1996. Amiable lost her seat in the 2012 legislative elections, winning 29.2% of the vote compared to Julie Sommaruga of the

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with 29.93% in the first round. As required by the agreements between left-wing parties in the election, Amiable withdrew from the race and endorsed Sommaruga in the second round.

Honours and decorations

Marie-Hélène Amiable was named ''chevalier'' (knight) of the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's esta ...

on 14 March 2013 due to her 29 years of service as a Member of the National Assembly and Mayor of Bagnueux. She also became a ''chevalier'' of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

on 14 April 2017 because of her 36 years of service as a departmental councillor of Hauts-de-Seine and Mayor of Bagnueux.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amiable, Marie-Helene 1960 births Living people Politicians from Paris French Communist Party politicians Women mayors of places in France 20th-century French women politicians 21st-century French women politicians Women members of the National Assembly (France) Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic