Élisabeth Morin
French politician
Élisabeth Morin-Chartier (French pronunciation: [elizabɛt mɔʁɛ̃ ʃaʁtje]; born 10 October 1947) is a French politician of the Agir party who served as Member of the European Parliament for the West France constituency from 2009 European election until 2014. Before joining Agir in 2018, she was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement and the Republicans (LR).
Political career
Morin was Vice President of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council under Regional President Jean-Pierre Raffarin and assumed the presidency upon Raffarin's nomination as Prime Minister of France. Her list in the 2004 regional elections was defeated in a near-landslide by the Socialist list, led by Ségolène Royal.
Morin was also a member of the French Economic and Social Council between September 2004 and May 2007.
Member of the European Parliament
In the 2004 European election, Morin was the third candidate on Roselyne Bachelot's UMP list in the West but she was not elected. However, when Bachelot entered the François Fillon cabinet in May 2007, she became a Member of the European Parliament. In the 2009 European election, she was the second candidate on the UMP list in the West region and was elected to the European Parliament.
Throughout her time in office, Morin served on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Between 2010 and 2012, she served as Vice Chairwoman of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
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