Michèle André

Michèle André (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ɑ̃dʁe]; born 6 February 1947) is a French politician and member of the Socialist Party. Director of a public medico-social establishment, she was a Senator for the Puy-de-Dôme department and president of the Senate Finance Committee [fr] until October 2017.^[1][2]

Michèle André
Member of the Senate for Puy-de-Dôme
In office 23 September 2001 – 1 October 2017
Parliamentary group	SOC
President of the Senate Finance Committee
In office 7 October 2014 – 1 October 2017
Preceded by	Philippe Marini
Succeeded by	Vincent Éblé
Secretary of State in charge of women's rights and the equality opportunity between men and women
In office 24 June 1988 – 16 May 1991
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Michel Rocard
Government	Rocard II
Preceded by	Georgina Dufoix
Succeeded by	Véronique Neiertz
General Councillor of Puy-de-Dôme
In office 22 March 1998 – 2 April 2015
Preceded by	Michel Cornil
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Canton of Clermont-Ferrand-Nord-Ouest
In office 1 January 1989 – 29 March 1992
Preceded by	Serge Godard
Succeeded by	Michel Cornil
Constituency	Canton of Clermont-Ferrand-Nord-Ouest
Personal details
Born	(1947-02-02) 2 February 1947 (age 78) Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, France
Political party	PS

Biography

Michèle André was a Secretary of State, in charge of women's rights and the equality of opportunity between men and women, in the 2nd government of Michel Rocard from 23 June 1988 to 15 May 1991.

She was a Vice-President in the Senate until 7 October 2008, the renewal date for the Senate executive office. In the role, André was a member of the Constitutional laws, legislation, universal suffrage, regulations and general administration committee.

She was a regional councillor of Auvergne, Vice-President of the general council of Puy-de-Dôme, and deputy mayor of Clermont-Ferrand, as well as a member of the Parliamentary office for the evaluation of legislation and the Conseil national de la montagne [fr].

André was a Socialist Senator for the Puy-de-Dôme department from 23 September 2001 to 1 October 2017. Sitting on the Finance Committee [fr], she became its President in 2014 after the Senate was returned to right-wing majority.^[3] She was also a member of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie and president of the France-Croatia inter-parliamentary friendship group and Senate delegation for women's rights and the equality of opportunity between men and women.

Other involvements

• General councillor of Puy-de-Dôme (Canton of Clermont-Ferrand-Nord-Ouest) from 1989 to 1992 and from 1998 to 2015.
• President of the Association for the Management of Senators' Assistants (AGAS).
• Member of the Masonic order Human Rights [fr], Vice-President of the fraternity of parliamentarians in the Senate.^[4]