Marie-Guite Dufay Explained

Marie-Marguerite Dufay
Office:7th President of Franche-Comté
Deputy:Joseph Parrenin
Term Start:24 January 2008
Term Start2:5 January 2008
Term End2:24 January 2008
(as Acting President)
Predecessor2:Raymond Forni
Office3:First Vice President of Franche-Comté
President3:Raymond Forni
Term Start3:2 April 2004
Term End3:24 January 2008
Successor3:Joseph Parrenin
Office4:Regional Councillor from Doubs
Term Start4:2 April 2004
Birth Date:21 May 1949
Birth Place:Paris, Île-de-France, France

Marie-Marguerite Dufay (in French pronounced as /maʁi maʁɡəʁit dyfɛ/), best known as Marie-Guite Dufay (in French pronounced as /maʁi ɡit dyfɛ/; born 21 May 1949), is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who serves as president of the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Political career

Dufay was first elected to the Besançon city council in 1989. Six years later, she was appointed as deputy mayor of Besançon (1995 to 2008). In the 2004 Franche-Comté regional election, she was second in the Socialist List just after Raymond Forni. After the death of President Raymond Forni, she was elected by the assembly as President of the Region. She won the nomination to be the next socialist candidate for President of Franche-Comté in 2010.[1]

In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Dufay endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.[2]

Ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Dufay endorsed Emmanuel Macron.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.macommune.info/actualite/regionales-marie-guite-dufay-chef-de-file-des-socialistes--11216.html Régionales: Marie-Guite Dufay chef de file des socialistes
  2. Estelle Gross (6 July 2011), Primaire : qui soutient qui au PS ? L'Obs.
  3. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/election-presidentielle-marie-guite-dufay-officialise-son-soutien-emmanuel-macron-1228617.html Élection présidentielle : Marie-Guite Dufay officialise son soutien à Emmanuel Macron