Margie Sudre Explained

Margie Sudre
Office:President of the Regional Council of Réunion
Term Start:1993
Term End:1998
Predecessor:Camille Sudre
Successor:Paul Vergès
Office2:Secretary of State for Francophonie
Term Start2:1995
Term End2:1997
President2:Jacques Chirac
Primeminister2:Alain Juppé
Predecessor2:Jacques Toubon
Successor2:Charles Josselin
Birth Name:Marguerite Demaiche
Birth Date:17 October 1943
Birth Place:Vinh, Vietnam
Nationality:French
Party:The Republicans
Spouse:Camille Sudre
Profession:Physician

Margie Sudre (born 17 October 1943) is a Vietnamese-born Reunionese politician and Member of the European Parliament for France's "Outre-mer".

Politic

Before her election to the European Parliament (UMP-"les républicains"), she held several political mandates, both local and national: chairwoman of the Réunion Island regional Council (1993–1998, member since 1998), Secretary of State for the French-Speaking World (1995–1997). She worked to make French the second official language of the Atlanta Olympic Games.[1]

She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Regional Development.

She is a member of the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and, as Head of the French UMP MEP delegation, a member of the EPP-ED bureau.

Career

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Notes and References

  1. News: The Language Wars;To the Barricades, Speaking in Tongues . Whitney . Craig R. . 28 July 1996 . . 29 September 2010.