Sophie Montel (born 22 November 1969 in Montbéliard) is a French

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. Member of the

Franche-Comté Regional Council Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; frp, Franche-Comtât; also german: Freigrafschaft; es, Franco Condado; all ) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, ...

and later

regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté The Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (french: Conseil régional de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) is the deliberative assembly of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Marie-Guite Dufay of the Socialist Party (PS) is the current presiden ...

since 1998. She contested the

2018 Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency by-election The first round of a by-election was held in Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency on 28 January 2018, with a second round on 4 February because no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called due to the ...

, but came in 8th place in the first round. In 2014, she was elected to the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

.Sophie Montel, nouvelle eurodéputée et seule Franc-Comtoise au parlement
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Page on the ''Association des régions de France''Sophie Montel on the National Front website
1969 births Living people People from Montbéliard Franche-Comté Regional Councillors Women in Franche-Comté politics National Rally (France) MEPs MEPs for East France 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for France Regional councillors of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-MEP-stub