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Catherine Morin-Desailly | |
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| Catherine Morin-Desailly in March 2019 | |
| Member of the French Senate for Seine-Maritime | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Larché |
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| Born | 6 July 1960 |
| Party | LC UDI |
| Alma mater | University of Rouen |
Catherine Morin-Desailly (born 6 July 1960 in Le Petit-Quevilly,Seine-Maritime) is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who has been serving as a member of the Senate of France since 2004,representing the Seine-Maritime department.
In the Senate,Morin-Desailly serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs. [1] Since 2014,she has been chairing the Committee on Cultural Affairs. In 2020,she also chaired the Senate’s fact-finding committee on the issue of repatriation of cultural heritage. [2]
In addition to her committee assignments,Morin-Desailly chairs the French-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group. [3]
In late 2008,Morin-Desailly left the Democratic Movement (MoDem),to join the Centrists (LC). From 2009,she served as the party’s spokesperson on cultural affairs and media.
In June 2014,together with Chantal Jouanno,Morin-Desailly tabled a motion for a resolution to grant asylum to Edward Snowden. [4]