Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent
Hermeline Malherbe, born Hermeline Laurent on February 18, 1969 in Carvin (Pas-de-Calais),[1] is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, she has been president of the departmental council of Pyrénées-Orientales since November 21, 2010 and senator for Pyrénées-Orientales from 2014 to 2017, the day after the death of Christian Bourquin, for whom she was the substitute.[2]
Biography
A former member of the Revolutionary Communist Youth (French: Jeunesses communistes révolutionnaires), she joined Ecology Generation when it was created in 1990.[3] She became a socialist member in 2007 in the Catalan federation of the Socialist Party. She was excluded in 2010 because of her support for Georges Frêche during the regional elections and then reinstated in November 2011.[4]
Hermeline Malherbe was elected for the first time, in Seine-et-Marne in 2001 as the municipal councilor of Meaux.[5]
Arriving in 2005 in Pyrénées-Orientales, she was elected general councilor from the canton of Perpignan-8 in 2008.[6] She chaired the commission for sustainable development and access for people with disabilities at the General Council.
She was elected regional councilor in 2010 and became vice-president of the Languedoc-Roussillon region (where she chaired the commission for water management and natural risks). In November 2010, she was elected president of the general council of Pyrénées-Orientales, following the resignation of Christian Bourquin, and was elected president of the Languedoc-Roussillon region after the death of Georges Frêche.
She was re-elected president of the departmental council of the Pyrénées Orientales during the cantonal elections of 2011.
Substitute for Christian Bourquin during the 2011 senatorial elections, she succeeded him in the Senate after his death on August 26, 2014, and chose the group of the Social and European Democratic Rally (RDSE). During the discussion on the bill on the delimitation of the regions, she defended the separation of the Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées regions in the Senate.
In March 2015, she was elected departmental councilor from the canton of Perpignan-6 in tandem with Jean Roque. On April 2, she was elected to the presidency of the department.
She spoke out against plain cigarette packs during debates in the Senate on the health system modernization law on September 16, 2015, against the advice of the government.
She ran in the 2017 senatorial elections, unsuccessfully. The candidate of Les Républicains François Calvet was elected senator for the department of Pyrénées-Orientales in the first round, and a second LR candidate, Jean Sol, won in the second round.
Hermeline Malherbe was elevated to the rank of Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour during the 2020 New Year's promotion.
References
- ^ mairie.net. "Pyrénées Orientales (66) : Préfecture et conseil départemental". mairie.net (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Pyrénées-Orientales. Hermeline Malherbe réélue présidente du département, voici ses 10 vice-présidents". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Bourquin : la succession". L'Agglorieuse. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "P-O : Tous les exclus du PS réintégrés… Christian Bourquin compris ! | Ouillade.eu" (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Une frêchiste probablement à la tête des Pyrénées-Orientales". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Résultats des élections cantonales 2008". mobile.interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-21.