Caroline Rougaignon-Vernin is a Monégasque

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and politician, who was a member of the National Council from 2013 to 2018.

Career

She achieved a doctorate in pharmacology from the

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in 1995, and is now president of the Monaco Pharmacy Council. In 2013, Rougaignon-Vernin was elected to the National Council, where she served during the 2013–18 parliament. In 2014, Rougaignon-Vernin was the vice-president of the Committee on Social Interests and Miscellaneous Affairs (CISAD), during which time she opposed

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. From 2016 to 2018, Rougaignon-Vernin was responsible for work and employment in the National Council. That year, she was rapporteur of the ratification of amendment No. 6 to the Franco-Monegasque convention on social security related to

. In 2018, she supported creation of a cable car from

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, France to Monaco.

References

Living people Monegasque pharmacists Year of birth missing (living people) Monegasque women in politics Members of the National Council (Monaco) University of Paris alumni 21st-century women politicians Women pharmacists Women government ministers of Monaco {{Monaco-politician-stub