Marie-Hélène Simone Monique Amiable (born 14 March 1960) is a French politician who has served as the

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of Bagneux since 2004. She also served as Member of the National Assembly for the Hauts-de-Seine's 11th constituency from 2007 to 2012. Amiable is a member of the

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(PCF) and sat in the Democratic and Republican Left group in the National Assembly.

Biography

Early life and family

Marie-Hélène Simone Monique Amiable was born on 14 March 1960 in the

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. She also works as a teacher and has one child.

Political career

Mayor of Bagneux

Since 1989, Amiable has served as a municipal councillor of

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, as a member of the

. She served as deputy mayor from March 1989 to March 2001 and was then elected mayor on 15 May 2004. Amiable was re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. During the

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, Amiable led an electoral list called ''Bagneux Pour Tous, Tous Pour Bagneux'' that united several left-wing parties. She won re-election with 60.74% of the vote in the first round, ahead of Patrice Martin of the

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with 20.75%, Fatima Kadouci of

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with 10.29% and three other lists. Every year, Amiable and other Communist mayors in Hautes-de-Seine participate in a protest against the explosion of homeless people from shelter after the winter holidays.

Member of the National Assembly

During the

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s, Amiable was elected Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 11th constituency with 58.58% of the vote, defeating Jean-Loup Metton of the

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and

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. Her designated substitute was Catherine Margaté, general councillor of the Canton of Malakoff since 1994 and mayor of

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since 1996. Amiable lost her seat in the 2012 legislative elections, winning 29.2% of the vote compared to Julie Sommaruga of the

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with 29.93% in the first round. As required by the agreements between left-wing parties in the election, Amiable withdrew from the race and endorsed Sommaruga in the second round.

Honours and decorations

Marie-Hélène Amiable was named ''chevalier'' (knight) of the

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on 14 March 2013 due to her 29 years of service as a Member of the National Assembly and Mayor of Bagnueux. She also became a ''chevalier'' of the

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on 14 April 2017 because of her 36 years of service as a departmental councillor of Hauts-de-Seine and Mayor of Bagnueux.

References

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