André Vallini Explained

André Vallini
Office:Member of the French Senate for Isère
Term Start:18 June 2017
Predecessor:Éliane Giraud
Office2:Secretary of State for Francophonie
Term Start2:11 February 2016
Term End2:6 December 2016
President2:François Hollande
Primeminister2:Manuel Valls
Predecessor2:Annick Girardin
Successor2:Jean-Marie Le Guen
Office3:Member of the National Assembly
for Isère's 9th constituency
Term Start3:1997
Term End3:2011
Predecessor3:Michel Hannoun
Successor3:Michèle Bonneton
Birth Date:15 July 1956
Birth Place:Tullins, France
Nationality:French
Party:Socialist Party
Alma Mater:Grenoble Institute of Political Studies

André Vallini (born 15 July 1956) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2017.

Early life

Vallini is the grandson of Italian immigrants and the son of a small industrialist from Tullins.[1]

Political career

Member of the National Assembly, 1997–2011

Vallini served as the deputy for Isère's 9th constituency in the National Assembly of France from 1997 to 2011.

Under the leadership of successive chairs François Hollande and Martine Aubry, Vallini served the Social Party’s national spokesperson for legal affairs from 2003 to 2012.[2]

Member of the Senate, 2011–2014

Vallini was the president of the general council for Isère from 2011 to 2014.[3] He also served as member of the French Senate from 2011 to 2014.

In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Vallini endorsed François Hollande as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.[4]

In 2016, Vallini briefly served as State Secretary for Francophonie in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

Member of the Senate, 2017–present

In the 2017 elections, Vallini became a member of the Senate. In the Senate, he serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense.[5]

In addition to his role in the Senate, Vallini has been serving as member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2017. He is part of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group and serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights as well as on the Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. He is also part of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Johannès. Franck. André Vallini doit se contenter de la réforme territoriale. Le Monde.fr. 9 April 2014 . 17 May 2016.
  2. Nicolas Barotte (2 January 2009), Au sein de la direction du PS, Martine Aubry compte plus d'alliés que de proches Le Figaro.
  3. Web site: fr . Assemblée nationale – Les députés : M. André Vallini. Assemblée Nationale.
  4. Estelle Gross (6 July 2011), Primaire : qui soutient qui au PS ? L'Obs.
  5. https://www.senat.fr/senateur/vallini_andre11041f.html André Vallini
  6. https://ipac.global/team/ Member