Sophie Mette

Sophie Mette (13 September 1959) is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been a member of the National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the department of Gironde.[1]

Sophie Mette
Member of the National Assembly
for Gironde's 9th constituency
Assumed office
18 June 2007
Preceded byGilles Savary
Personal details
Born (1959-09-13) 13 September 1959
Montauban, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyMoDem (since 2007)

Political career

Having moved to Bazas commune in 1987, Mette was elected as a councilor for the commune in 2001 with the Miscellaneous right.[2][3]

Mette competed in the 2007 French parliamentary election with the Union for French Democracy.[4] For the 2008 municipal elections, she left the right and joined the left, where she would remain as a re-elected as councilor until 2014.[5] In the 2010 regional elections, she joined MoDem, and then joined the En Marche!-MoDem coalition in 2017.[6]

Mette currently holds a position in the Bureau of the Nation Assembly as a secretary, under the leadership of its President Richard Ferrand. She is also a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[7]

References
  1. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/gironde_33/gironde_9eme-circonscription
  2. http://www.mouvementdemocrate.fr/article/portrait-sophie-mette
  3. http://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/legislatives-en-gironde-qui-est-sophie-mette-rem-modem-nouvelle-deputee-du-sud-gironde-1497617765
  4. Baptiste Bouthier (15 June 2017), De 2% à 40%, de loser à député : l'effet magique du «label Macron» Libération.
  5. http://www.sudouest.fr/2013/01/11/sophie-mette-entre-au-conseil-regional-930477-710.php
  6. Baptiste Bouthier (15 June 2017), De 2% à 40%, de loser à député : l'effet magique du «label Macron» Libération.
  7. Sophie Mette National Assembly.
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