Agnès Le Brun (born 28 December 1961) is a French politician who served as a

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from 2011 to 2014. Born in

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, she grew up in rural

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and graduated from the

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, obtaining a Master's Degree in Classics. She then moved to

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, where she became a teacher. Le Brun began her political career in 2001 when she was nominated for a local position by party leaders. In 2008, she again ran for

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out of the West France constituency, where she finished fourth; the top three members of the

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party were elected to Parliament. In January 2011, she was appointed to the European Parliament to replace

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, who became President of the

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region. While in Parliament, she served as a member of the

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, and served on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights, serving as Vice President of the latter. She also ran against

Marylise Lebranchu Marylise Lebranchu (; born 25 April 1947 in Loudéac, Côtes-d'Armor) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as Minister of the Reform of the State and of Decentralisation under Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. Political c ...

, who also served as former mayor of Morlaix, as a member of the National Assembly out of

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, and lost that race 61% to 39%.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Brun, Agnes 1961 births Living people MEPs for West France 2009–2014 21st-century women MEPs for France Union for a Popular Movement MEPs Rennes 2 University alumni People from Oise