Josette Durrieu (born 20 March 1937) is a French

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and a member of the

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. She represents the Hautes-Pyrénées department and is a member of the

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. In the Senate, Durrieu serves as vice-chairwoman of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Moldavian Parliamentary Friendship Group. She is also a member of the

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. In addition to her work in the Senate, Durrieu served as member of the French delegation to the

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from 1992 until 2017. In this capacity, she was a member of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy; the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by

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(Monitoring Committee); the Sub-Committee on relations with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); the Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World; and the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities. She is also the Assembly's rapporteur on

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. She was part of an 11-member delegation to observe the conduct of the 2016 parliamentary elections in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

.AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE OBSERVATION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN MOROCCO

, press release of 30 September 2016.

Other mandates

* Municipal councillor of Saint-Laurent-de-Neste * Cantonal councillor of the canton of Saint-Laurent-de-Neste * Vice president of the French delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the

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* President of the association of friendship France-Moldova * Member of the

References

Page on the Senate website
1937 births Living people French Senators of the Fifth Republic Socialist Party (France) politicians Women members of the Senate (France) Senators of Hautes-Pyrénées {{France-politician-Socialist-stub