Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005.
Nicole Fontaine was a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France from 1984 until 2002 and from 2004 until 2009. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement,part of the European People's Party. Fontaine was the President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2001,and was then replaced by Pat Cox,from the European Liberal,Democrat and Reform Party,in accordance with an agreement between the two groups at the start of the term.
Philippe Douste-Blazy is a French United Nations official and former centre-right politician. Over the course of his career,he served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations,Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development in the UN and chairman of UNITAID.
Marielle de Sarnez was a French politician who served as Secretary of State for European Affairs under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.
Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie,known in France as MAM,is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans,part of the European People's Party. A member of all right-wing governments formed in the 1980s,1990s and 2000s,she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense (2002–2007),the Interior (2007–2009) and Foreign Affairs (2010–2011);she has also been in charge of Youth and Sports (1993–1995) and Justice (2009–2010),and was granted the honorary rank of Minister of State in her last two offices.
Patrick Devedjian was a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. A close adviser of Nicolas Sarkozy since the 1990s,he was Minister under the Prime Minister in charge of the Implementation of the Recovery Plan,a special ministerial post created for two years following the global financial crisis of 2008,a tenure which commenced in December 2008. He was of Armenian descent. In the night of 28 to 29 March 2020,he died of COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic.
The French legislative elections took place on 9 and 16 June 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic,in a context of political crisis.
Élisabeth Guigou is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 until 2017,representing Seine-Saint-Denis' 9th constituency.
Catherine Vautrin is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who served as a member of the National Assembly of France,representing the Marne department.
George Pau-Langevin is a French lawyer and politician. A member of the Socialist Party (PS). Close to Bertrand Delanoë,she was deputy for the 21st constituency of Paris from 2007 to 2012,then re-elected in the 15th constituency,which took over roughly the same territory in Paris,in 2012. She was the Minister Delegate for Educational Success in the governments of Jean-Marc Ayrault from 2012 to 2014,then was appointed Minister of Overseas Territories in 2014 in the governments of Manuel Valls. Resigning in 2016,she regained her seat as a deputy and was re-elected the following year. She left the National Assembly in November 2020,following her appointment as Deputy Defender of Rights.
Joël Giraud is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities under Prime Minister Jean Castex in 2022. A member of both La République En Marche! (LREM) and the Radical Movement (MR),he previously represented the 2nd constituency of the Hautes-Alpes department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2020 and served as Secretary of State for Rurality from 2020 until 2022.
Sylvia Pinel is a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2016 to 2022,representing the 2nd constituency in the Tarn-et-Garonne department. Since 3 September 2016,she has been the leader of the moderate and social-liberal centre-left Radical Party of the Left.
The Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority was a structure initiated by Nicolas Sarkozy to coordinate the political parties that support his action.
Philippe Augier is a French politician. He is a member of the New Centre.
Nicole Péry is a French politician who served as Secretary of State for Women's Rights and Professional Training from 1998 to 2002 under Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. A member of the Socialist Party (PS),she is a professor of literature by occupation.
Nicole Belloubet is a French jurist and politician who served as Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe 21 June 2017 to 6 July 2020. A former member of the Socialist Party (PS),she was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron after the resignation of François Bayrou. Belloubet previously served on the Constitutional Council,following an appointment in 2013 by Jean-Pierre Bel,President of the Senate.
Émilie Cariou is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly for Meuse's 2nd constituency from 2017 to 2022. She was elected as a member of La République En Marche!,but left the party and in May 2020,she was one of the 17 initial members who formed the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group. Later in 2020,she joined some of these deputies in starting The New Democrats.
Brigitte Kuster is a French politician who served as Member of the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Paris from 2017 to 2022. A member of The Republicans (LR),her constituency covers parts of the 16th and 17th arrondissements. Kuster previously served as Mayor of the 17th arrondissement from 2008 to 2017.
Claudia Nonhlanhla Ndaba is a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress,she has served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Women,Youth and People with Disabilities since 2019 and has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2014. She served as Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality twice during her first term in parliament. Prior to her election to parliament,Ndaba served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2014.
Nicole Catala was a French academic and politician.
