Catherine Génisson Explained

Birth Date:22 April 1949
Term Start1:12 June 1997
Term End1:30 September 2011
Term Start2:1 October 2011
Term End2:1 October 2017
Term Start3:28 March 2004
Term End3:13 December 2015

Catherine Génisson (born 22 April 1949) is French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who represented the Pas-de-Calais department in the National Assembly of France from 1997 to 2011 and later in the French Senate from 2011 to 2017.

Political career

The daughter of painter,[1] Génisson was first elected to the French assembly in 1997 and was reelected in 2002 and 2007.[2] She was elected to the French senate on September 25, 2011.[3]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2008 convention in Reims, Génisson publicly endorsed Martine Aubry as candidate to succeed François Hollande at the party's leadership.[4] In the party's 2011 primaries, she endorsed Aubry as its candidate for the 2012 presidential election.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Le peintre Claude Génisson dédicace son livre samedi après-midi chez Brunet . Le Voix du Nord . November 25, 2010 . fr.
  2. Web site: Mme Catherine Génisson . National Assembly of France . fr.
  3. Web site: Mme Catherine Génisson . Senate of France . fr.
  4. https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20080604.OBS7108/des-femmes-du-ps-lancent-un-appel-en-faveur-de-martine-aubry.html Des femmes du PS lancent un appel en faveur de Martine Aubry
  5. https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/primaire-ps-39-senateurs-ps-apportent-leur-soutien-a-aubry-13-10-2011-1384191_20.php Primaire PS: 39 sénateurs PS apportent leur soutien à Aubry