Birth Date: | 18 August 1938 |
Birth Place: | Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) |
Death Date: | 27 February 2019 |
Term Start1: | 2 April 1973 |
Term End1: | 1 April 1993 |
Term Start2: | 1 June 1997 |
Term End2: | 19 June 2012 |
Parliamentarygroup: | Socialist |
Michel Sainte-Marie (18 August 1938 – 27 February 2019) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Gironde department,[1] and was a member of the Socialist, radical, citizen and miscellaneous left (SRC) party.[2]
Before entering politics, Sainte-Marie was a high school teacher of mathematics, physics and chemistry.
From 1974 to 2014 he was mayor of Mérignac, a commune in the Gironde. Concurrently, from 1977 to 1983 he was president of Bordeaux Métropole, a grouping of communes centred on the city of Bordeaux.
From 1973 to 2012, he was a member of the National Assembly for Gironde's 6th constituency, sitting as a member of the SRC group. He was a member of the French: italic=no|{{ill|Commission de la Défense nationale et des Forces armées|fr (National Defense and Armed Forces Commission) and was President of the France – Oman friendship group.