André Vallini
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André Vallini (born 15 July 1956) is a French politician. He is the grandson of
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immigrants and the son of a small industrialist from
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. He was
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for
Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.French Senate The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 34 ...
from 2011 to 2014. From 2016, he served as State Secretary for
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in the Second Valls Government. He was the deputy for Isère's 9th constituency in the
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from 1997 to 2011. In addition to his role in parliament, Vallini has been serving as member of the French delegation to the
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since 2017. He is part of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group and serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights as well as on the Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the
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1956 births Living people Socialist Party (France) politicians French people of Italian descent Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Senators of Isère People from Isère Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes French Senators of the Fifth Republic {{France-politician-Socialist-stub