Claudia Rouaux

Claudia Rouaux
Deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency in the National Assembly of France
Assumed office
12 February 2020
Preceded byFrançois André
Parliamentary groupSOC
ConstituencyIlle-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency
Regional Councillor of Brittany
Assumed office
26 March 2010
Parliamentary groupSocialists and democrats
ConstituencyIlle-et-Vilaine
Personal details
Born (1963-10-13) 13 October 1963 (age 61)
Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné, France
Political partyPS

Claudia Rouaux (born 13 October 1963) is a French politician[1] of the Socialist Party (PS) who became a member of the Deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency following the death of François André in 2017.[2]

Rouaux was elected a municipal councillor for the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu in 2001 and maintained her mandate for 19 years. In 2010, she was elected as a regional councillor for Brittany.

Political career

Rouaux was elected municipal councillor in Montfort-sur-Meu in 2001, as Victor Préauchat's first assistant, then re-elected in 2008. She was the substitute candidate for Marcel Rogemont as a (later dissenting) Socialist candidate for Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency in the 2007 election.[3] She was a candidate for the socialists in the 2008 cantonal elections in the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu; with 46% of the vote, she was beaten in the second round by Christophe Martins.[4]

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present

Rouaux was the substitute candidate for François André for Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency in the 2017 election. She succeeded André following his death.[2] She was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election as a PS (NUPES) candidate.

In 2023, Rouaux publicly endorsed the re-election of the Socialist Party's chairman Olivier Faure.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Mme Claudia Rouaux - Ille-et-Vilaine (3e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". French National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  2. ^ a b Huet, Yann-Armel (11 February 2020). "Ille-et-Vilaine. Le député François André est décédé". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Mme Claudia ROUAUX - Fonctionnaire - Biographie mise à jour le 21 février 2020 - LesBiographies.com". www.lesbiographies.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  4. ^ Ministère de l'Intérieur. "Résultats des élections cantonales 2008" [Results of Cantonal Elections 2008]. Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  5. ^ TRIBUNE. Congrès du Parti socialiste : 45 parlementaires apportent leur soutien à Olivier Faure Le Journal du Dimanche, 10 January 2023.