French
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politician and member of the
Socialist Party
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. Director of a public medico-social establishment, she was a
Senator
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Michel Rocard
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from 23 June 1988 to 15 May 1991.
She was a Vice-President in the
Senate
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until 7 October 2008, the renewal date for the Senate executive office. In the role, André was a member of the Constitutional laws, legislation, universal suffrage, regulations and general administration committee.
She was a regional councillor of
Auvergne
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, Vice-President of the general council of Puy-de-Dôme, and deputy mayor of Clermont-Ferrand, as well as a member of the Parliamentary office for the evaluation of legislation and the .
André was a
Socialist
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Senator for the Puy-de-Dôme department from 23 September 2001 to 1 October 2017. Sitting on the , she became its President in 2014 after the Senate was returned to right-wing majority. She was also a member of the
Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie
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History
It was established in Luxembourg in 1967, and was then known as the ''Association internationale des parlementaire ...
and president of the France-Croatia inter-parliamentary friendship group and Senate delegation for women's rights and the equality of opportunity between men and women.
Other involvements
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General councillor
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of
Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (; or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285.Canton of Clermont-Ferrand-Nord-Ouest
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) from 1989 to 1992 and from 1998 to 2015.
* President of the Association for the Management of Senators' Assistants (AGAS).
* Member of the
Masonic order
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, Vice-President of the fraternity of parliamentarians in the Senate.