Pervenche Berès (born 10 March 1957 in

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) is a French politician who served as a

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for the

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until 2019. She is a member of the

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, part of the

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Political career

On 28 July 2004, Berès was elected Chair of the

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. She was the

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of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (CRIS). Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2008 convention in Reims, Berès publicly endorsed

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as candidate to succeed

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at the party's leadership.

Personal life

In 1995, Berès survived a near fatal traffic accident but lost half of her face, which was reconstructed by plastic surgery.

Later career

In 2022, Berès was appointed by the Governing Council of the

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as a member of both the organizations’s Ethics Committee and the Audit Committee for a three-year term.Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)

, press release of 22 July 2022.

References

1957 births Living people Socialist Party (France) MEPs MEPs for France 1999–2004 MEPs for Île-de-France 2004–2009 MEPs for Île-de-France 2009–2014 MEPs for Île-de-France 2014–2019 20th-century women MEPs for France 21st-century women MEPs for France Politicians from Paris {{France-MEP-stub