Michel Sainte-Marie

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]

Michel Sainte-Marie
Parliamentary group	Socialist
Deputy for Gironde's 6th constituency in the National Assembly of France
In office 2 April 1973 – 1 April 1993
Preceded by	Robert Brettes
Succeeded by	Pierre Favre
In office 1 June 1997 – 19 June 2012
Preceded by	Pierre Favre
Succeeded by	Marie Récalde
Personal details
Born	18 August 1938 Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Died	27 February 2019

Biography

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.^[2] 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.^[2] He was a member of the 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.^[1]