Catherine Deroche (born 24 February 1953) is a French politician. She represents the
department of
Maine-et-Loire in the
French Senate
The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' a ...
as a
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right List of political parties in France, political party in France that was one of the two major party, major contemporary political pa ...
member.
Deroche was mayor of
Bouchemaine
Bouchemaine () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The comm ...
from 1999 to 2008. She also served as chair of the Association départementale des maires. She is a member of the
Regional council and secretary for the UMP in Maine-et-Loire.
Ahead of the
2022 presidential elections, Deroche publicly declared her support for
Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.
[Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021)]
Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite
''Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of r ...
''.
References
1953 births
Living people
French senators of the Fifth Republic
The Republicans (France) politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Women mayors of places in France
People from Maine-et-Loire
20th-century French women politicians
21st-century French women politicians
Women members of the Senate (France)
Senators of Maine-et-Loire
Mayors of places in Pays de la Loire
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