Monique Orphé (born 15 October 1964 in

Saint-Denis, Réunion Saint-Denis (, ; ), unofficially Saint-Denis de La Réunion () for disambiguation, is the prefectures in France, prefecture (administrative capital) of the France, French overseas department and region of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is lo ...

) is a

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politician. A member of the

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(PS), she was a

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in the

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from

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between 2012 and 2017.

Biography

Teacher by profession, Monique Orphé was elected to the

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in 2004. Nominated as a candidate in

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for the 2007 legislative election, with

Gilbert Annette Gilbert Annette (; born 10 March 1946) is a Malagasy people, Malagasy politician. He represented Réunion in the French National Assembly from 1993-1997 and has been the Mayor (France), Mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion between 2008 and 2020. Care ...

as her replacement, she withdrew her candidacy in favour of Annette. A municipal councillor of Saint-Denis since 1995, she became the first deputy mayor to

following the 2008 municipal elections. During the second round of the 2012 legislative election, she was elected

of the newly created 6th constituency of Réunion with 58.9% of the vote. A member of the

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, she supported the

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in 2016. She supported

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...

during the 2017 presidential election. As a result of her support for Macron, she was refused the nomination of the PS during the 2017 legislative election, which she lost during the second round to

Nadia Ramassamy Nadia Ramassamy (born 17 May 1961) is a French politician from Réunion. She was elected the MP for Réunion's 6th constituency since 2017. Career Aside being a politician, she continues to practice medicine, especially during the COVID-19 pa ...

( LR). A candidate during the 2021 departmental election in the Canton of Saint-Denis-1 with Gérard Françoise, she finished first in the first round with 54.6% of votes cast, but a high abstention rate didn't permit the pairing to be directly elected. The

pairing went on to win the second round of voting with 56.3% of votes cast.

References

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