Anne-Marie Comparini (11 July 1947 – 5 January 2025) was a French politician. She was a Member of Parliament and a President of the

Rhône-Alpes Regional Council Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône an ...

Life and career

Comparini studied law at

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, graduating in public law, and worked at the ''Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française'' (former French national broadcaster, equivalent to the

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) and the ''Institut national de l'audiovisuel'' (broadcasting regulator) before becoming parliamentary assistant to

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from 1978 to 2001. She entered the Regional Council of

Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône a ...

in 1986 and was re-elected in 1992. Between 1995 and 2001, she was adjutant to Raymond Barre in the

Mayoralty, charged with city policy and universities. Charles Millon's election to the Presidency of the Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes was invalidated by the State Council in 1999, at which time she was elected to lead the region, largely thanks to the support of the Union for French Democracy who refused to participate in Millon's alliance with the National Front. She lost to the candidate of the political left,

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, in the 2004 election. On 16 June 2002, she was elected a member of parliament to the XIIth Parliament (2002–2007), where she was a member of the Law Commission. She remained loyal to

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in the

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, when she was defeated in the first round. In the same month (June), Patrick Devedjian famously called her a ''salope'' ("slut") on-camera on the Lyon metropolitan television channel. Devedjian traite Comparini de "salope" : Sarkozy et Dati condamnent
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'', 29 Although a regional councillor promised to head the list of candidates for the Lyon municipality, she nevertheless announced her decision to withdraw from politics in September 2007. She continued as regional councillor until September 2010. She died on 5 January 2025, at the age of 77.

References

This article was translated from :fr:Anne-Marie Comparini in the French Wikipedia on 3 July 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Comparini, Anne-Marie 1947 births 2025 deaths People from Orange, Vaucluse French people of Italian descent Union for French Democracy politicians Democratic Movement (France) politicians Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Rhône Women members of the National Assembly (France) Presidents of French regions and overseas collectivities 21st-century French women politicians 20th-century French women politicians Knights of the Legion of Honour