Chantal Berthelot (; born 12 September 1958) is a French politician, former member of the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ...

representing department of

French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...

Biography

Early life

In 1993, Chantal Berthelot founded an agricultural union, the Regional Farmers Group of Guyana (GRAG). Permanent expert on the board of directors of the Office for the Development of Agricultural Economics of the Overseas Departments (1990–1997), she is president of the Center for Management and Rural Economy of Guyana from 1985 to 1998.

Political career

Elected regional councilor in 1998 and 2004 on the list of the

Guianese Socialist Party The Guianese Socialist Party (, PSG) is a socialist political party in the French '' overseas région'' of French Guiana, in South America. History It was founded in 1956 by Justin Catayée, beforehand the founder of the Guianese federation of ...

, she is the first vice-president of the

Regional Council of French Guiana The Regional Council of French Guiana ( French: ''Conseil régional de la Guyane'') was the elected regional council of French Guiana. It ceased to exist on 1 January 2016, when it was replaced by the Assembly of French Guiana. It was composed ...

. In

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, she is head of the list in the regional elections

Member of the National Assembly

Chantal Berthelot was elected to the

on 17 June 2007, representing the 2nd constituency of French Guiana with the support of the

and the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. She was re-elected in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

. On June 10, 2017, she was eliminated in the first round with 19.48% of the votes cast, ahead of Lénaïck Adam, the REM candidate and a candidate published the protest movement of March 2017, Davy Rimane. Following her elimination, she resumed full-time work as a farmer in

Macouria Macouria (; ) is a commune of French Guiana located midway between Cayenne and Kourou, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The seat of the commune is the settlement of Tonate, and so the commune is also known ...

References

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Biography

Early life

Political career

Member of the National Assembly

See also

References