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Annie Guillemot

Annie Guillemot (born 27 January 1956 Lyon) is a public works engineer, geographer and French politician. She is a member of the Socialist Party. From 2014 to 2020, she was a senator for the Rhône and the Lyon metropolitan area.

She was awarded the Legion of Honour, and Ordre national du Mérite.

Career

In 1989, Annie Guillemot entered politics, when she was elected municipal councillor of Bron under Mayor Jean-Jack Queyranne. She was deputy in charge of urban policy, housing and urban planning until 1999. In 1999 she was elected mayor of Bron and re-elected in 2001, 2008 and 2014. She was also a community councillor for Greater Lyon from 1995 and vice-president in 2002, in charge of the diversity of urban planning in 2008.

In 1998, she was elected regional councillor of Rhône-Alpes and became president of the solidarity and urban policy committee. In 2001, she was elected general councillor of the canton of Bron. She was re-elected in 2008, until 31 December 2014, with the redistricting of the canton and the creation of the Lyon Metropolis. From 2014 to 2020, she was a councilor of the Lyon Metropolis, as well as vice-president in charge of children, families, education and colleges.

In September 2015, she resigned from her duties as mayor and was replaced by her former deputy Jean-Michel Longueval.

In 2014 she was elected senator, in the Rhône, for a six-year term. She is part of the Socialist group and sits on the Economic Affairs Committee. On 4 October 2017, she became secretary of the Senate and thus joined the Senate office.

She supported Benoît Hamon in the second round of the 2017 citizen primary.

She did run again in the senatorial elections of 27 September 2020.

References

  1. Décret du 29 mars 2013 portant promotion et nomination, retrieved 2024-11-04
  2. "Décret du 12 mai 1999 portant promotion et nomination - Légifrance". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  3. Benjamin (2014-03-23). "Municipales 2014. Guillemot en tête, Compan en embuscade à Bron -". Lyonpeople.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  4. Polisson, Marco (2014-02-13). "Municipales Bron 2014. Les colistiers d'Elisabeth Queyranne sont en piste -". Lyonpeople.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  5. Benjamin (2015-02-10). "La Métropole de Lyon tient son exécutif -". Lyonpeople.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  6. Boyer, Alexis (2015-09-19). "Bron : Jean-Michel Longueval succède à Annie Guillemot comme maire". Lyon Capitale (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  7. France, Centre (2016-09-15). "Le city stade a été inauguré". Le Pays Roannais (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  8. "Primaire de la gauche : Martine Aubry et ses proches " voteront " pour Benoît Hamon" (in French). 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
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