Michèle André (born 6 February 1947) is a French politician and member of the
Socialist Party
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. Director of a public medico-social establishment, she was a Senator for the
Michel Rocard
Michel Rocard (; 23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the ''Revenu minimum d'ins ...
from 23 June 1988 to 15 May 1991.
She was a Vice-President in the Senate until 7 October 2008, the renewal date for the Senate executive office. In the role, André was a member of the Constitutional laws, legislation, universal suffrage, regulations and general administration committee.
She was a regional councillor of
Auvergne
Auvergne (; ; oc, label= Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Au ...
, Vice-President of the general council of Puy-de-Dôme, and deputy mayor of Clermont-Ferrand, as well as a member of the Parliamentary office for the evaluation of legislation and the .
André was a
Socialist
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Senator for the Puy-de-Dôme department from 23 September 2001 to 1 October 2017. Sitting on the , she became its President in 2014 after the Senate was returned to right-wing majority. She was also a member of the
Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie
The ''Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonies'' (APF) is an association of the parliaments of Francophone countries.
History
It was established in Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: li ...
and president of the France-Croatia inter-parliamentary friendship group and Senate delegation for women's rights and the equality of opportunity between men and women.
Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label=Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152.Canton of Clermont-Ferrand-Nord-Ouest) from 1989 to 1992 and from 1998 to 2015.
* President of the Association for the Management of Senators' Assistants (AGAS).
* Member of the
Masonic order
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, Vice-President of the fraternity of parliamentarians in the Senate.