Martine Lignières-Cassou Explained

Martine Lignières-Cassou
Office:Member of the French National Assembly for Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 1st constituency
Term Start:12 June 1997
Term End:2017
Office2:Mayor of Pau
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2014
Predecessor2:Yves Urieta
Successor2:François Bayrou
Birth Date:22 February 1952
Birth Place:Algiers, French Algeria
Nationality:French
Party:Socialist Party
Alma Mater:University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour
Successor1:Josy Poueyto
Predecessor1:Jean Gougy

Martine Lignières-Cassou (in French pronounced as /maʁtin liɲjɛʁ kasu/; born 22 February 1952) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly for 20 years. She represented the 1st constituency in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department,[1] and is a member of the Socialist Party and of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group. She was the mayor of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques from 2008 to 2014. In the 1970s she was a member of the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) before joining the Socialist Party in 1975.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS. 2010-07-04. French. National Assembly of France.