Adeline Hazan (born 21 January 1956 in Paris) is a

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, who was one of the

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for the

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of France from 1999 to 2008, and

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

of Reims from March 2008 to April 2014. She is a member of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

, which is part of the

Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a social democratic and progressive European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties from all member states of the European Union (EU) plus Norway and the United Kingdom. ...

, and used to sit on the

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. She is also a substitute for the

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, a member of the delegation for relations with the

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countries, a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the

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countries and the

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. She was elected mayor of Reims in March 2008 thanks to the lack of unity of right parties. She competed against former minister Catherine Vautrin. She was not re-elected in 2014, since she obtained only 42, 75% of votes of citizens ; consequently, her republican competitor, Arnaud Robinet became mayor of Reims in April 2014. Has the nickname of "La Bonne" (the Maid) after the phrase of the Socialist General Secretary Candidate

Martine Aubry Martine Louise Marie Aubry (; née Delors; born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste'', or PS) from November 2008 to April 2012, and has been the Mayor (France), Mayo ...

at the 2008 Reims Congress of the Socialist Party: "T'aurais pu faire le ménage Adeline" ( "Adeline you should have cleaned the house", after seeing a spider on her desk during her candidacy speech.) She is a finalist for the 2010

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prize.

Career

* Master's degree in private law * Diploma, Paris Institute of Criminology (1976) * National College for Judicial Officials (nomination in 1980) * Judge for the implementation of sentences, Châlons-sur-Marne (1980) * Children's judge,

Nanterre Nanterre (, ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, bordering t ...

High Court (1983) and Paris High Court (1995) * Adviser to the Minister for Employment and Solidarity (1997–1999) * President of the Judiciary Association (1986–1989) * Socialist Party national secretary responsible for social issues (since 1995) * Member of the Reims Municipal Council (since 2001) * Member of the Champagne-Ardenne Regional Council (1998–2001) * Member of the

(1999–2008)

External links

Official website

European Parliament biography

Declaration of financial interests
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