Sylvie Andrieux (born 15 December 1961, in

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) was a member of the

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. She represented the

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, from 1997 to 2016 and sat initially as a member of ''

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''. She is implicated in the scandal of misappropriation of the

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s She was a member of

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until she resigned in 2012. In May 2013, having been convicted of misappropriation of public funds, she was excluded from the Socialist Party, and thenceforth sat as an independent in the National Assembly. In November 2016, she was finally sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a three-year suspended prison term.

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Webpage at the National AssemblySylvie Andrieux's politics blog
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