Dominique Vlasto Explained

Dominique Vlasto
Birth Date:	14 August 1946
Birth Place:	Marseille, France
Residence:	Marseille
Office:	Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:	1 January 2000
Term End:	1 July 2014
Party:	Liberal Democracy (until 2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (from 2015)

Dominique Vlasto (born 14 August 1946) is a French retired politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2000 until 2014. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), part of the European People's Party (EPP). She was also a Deputy Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020, during the entire mayoralty of Jean-Claude Gaudin.

In the European Parliament, Vlasto served on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She was also a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, as well as a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

Career

Management assistant in a small clothing company (1965–1967)
Worked at SOFRES (French opinion poll organisation) (1975–1979)
Member of the France Congrès office (since 1995)
Chairwoman of the Marseilles Tourist Office and administrator at the Marseilles International Fair limited company
Member of Marseilles City Council (1983–1989) and district councillor in Marseilles (1989–1995)
Deputy Mayor of Marseilles with responsibility for building permits and land rights (1995–1998)
responsibility for tourism, conferences and festivals (since 1999)
Member of the Committee of the Regions (1998–1999)
Member of the European Parliament (since 2000)
The Mayor of Marseilles' representative on the World Water Council
Chairwoman of the regional association for women and families' activities and information (association under the auspices of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council (1986–1998)
Member of the administrative council of the Youth and Leisure Social Centre (Marseilles) (since 1997)