Brigitte Le Brethon (born 8 March 1951) is a French politician, and a member of The Republicans. She was born in Campeaux,

Calvados Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears. History In France Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Nor ...

, France. She was the

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Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Philippe Duron Philippe Duron (born 19 June 1947) is a French politician. He was the mayor of Caen between 2008 and 2014 and deputy for Calvados's 1st constituency. Philippe Duron received a degree in history in 1975 and was a teacher until 1997. His polit ...

, a member of the

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. She was elected on 16 June 2002, for the 12th legislature (2002–2007), in the First constituency of Calvados.

Political Office

*14 March 1983 – 19 March 1989 :

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Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Calvados Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears. History In France Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Nor ...

. *20 March 1989 – 18 June 1995 : Deputy mayor of Caen. *30 March 1992 – 22 March 1998 : Vice-president of the general Council of Calvados. *19 March 1995 – 18 March 2001 : Deputy mayor of Caen. *6 March 1998 – 15 July 2002 : Vice-president of the regional Council of

Lower Normandy Lower Normandy (french: Basse-Normandie, ; nrf, Basse-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Lower and Upper Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy. Geography The region included three departme ...

. *16 June 2002 – 19 June 2007 : Member of the

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Calvados's 1st constituency The 1st constituency of Calvados is a French legislative Constituency (France), constituency in the Calvados (department), Calvados departments of France, ''département''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two ...

. *24 March 2001 – 23 March 2008 : Mayor of Caen, France.

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