Sylviane Noël (born 27 January 1978) is a French politician. She has served as a member of the

Senate of France The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' a ...

since 2018, representing the

Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is ...

department. Noël is the first women to represent the department in the Senate. She is a member of The Republicans.

Political career

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, Noël won election as the mayor of the commune of

Nancy-sur-Cluses Nancy-sur-Cluses (, literally ''Nancy on Cluses''; frp, Nanfi) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. In 2018 Nancy-sur-Cluses counted 462 inhabitants. Tourism Romme-sur-Cluses ...

. She was re-elected to the post in

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. In

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, Noël was a deputy to Georges Morand, who ran for the

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with the UMP. Noël and Morand were sanctioned by the UMP for running against the party's preferred candidate Sophie Dion. Senator

Jean-Claude Carle Jean-Claude Carle (9 June 1948 – 13 December 2019) was a French politician. He served as a member of the Senate of France from 1995 to 2018, representing the Haute-Savoie department. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Pri ...

placed her second on his list in the 2014 French Senate election; but the list took just under 30 percent of the vote, not enough to win a second seat for the list. Senator Carle resigned his seat in June 2018 and announced that he would hand over the seat to Noël, who became the first woman Senator from Haute-Savoie.

Political positions

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Noël publicly declared her support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021)
Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite
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''.

References

External links

Official Senate Page
1978 births Living people The Republicans (France) politicians French Senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Haute-Savoie Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 21st-century French women politicians Women members of the Senate (France) {{France-mayor-stub