Marylise Lebranchu (; born 25 April 1947 in

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, Côtes-d'Armor) is a French politician of the

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who served as Minister of the Reform of the State and of Decentralisation under

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Political career

Lebranchu served a Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs, Trade, Crafts, Liberal Professions and Consumer Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister

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from 1997 to 2002. In 1999, she lifted the French government's ban on sales of Coke, Sprite and Fanta produced at

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' Dunkirk site. From 2000 to 2002, Lebranchu served as Minister of Justice. Lebranchu then served as a member of the

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, representing

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from 1997 to 2012. During that time, she was part of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group. She served on the

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(2002–2007) and the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Force (2007–2012). In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Lebranchu endorsed

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as the party's candidate for the

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. On 16 May 2012, Lebranchu was named Minister of the Reform of the State and of Decentralization in the first Cabinet of French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister

and

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. In this capacity, she drafted a plan in 2014 for measured wage civil service pay rises covering the 2017-2020 period. Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Lebranchu publicly endorsed

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as the party's candidate for the

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later that year.Gérard Bon (23 January 2017
Aubry et ses proches appellent à voter Hamon
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