French politician
Martine Berthet
Assumed office 24 September 2017
Born (1961-03-27 ) 27 March 1961 (age 63) Nationality French Political party The Republicans
Martine Berthet (born 27 March 1961) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR). She was the mayor of Albertville , Savoie between 2014 and 2017 and became a senator for Savoie in 2017.
Career
Berthet was a deputy mayor of Ugine , Savoie from 2001 to 2014.[1] She participated in the creation of the Région d'Albertville community of communes .
On 4 April 2014 she was elected mayor of Albertville by the newly elected municipal council.[2] She was the first female mayor of the city.
In the 2015 departmental elections , Berthet stood along with Hervé Gaymard in the canton of Albertville-1 . They were elected with more than 61 percent of the votes.
On 24 September 2017 Berthet was elected a senator for Savoie for The Republicans party after Michel Bouvard 's resignation. She was the first female senator for the Savoie department.[3] [4]
During the 2017 The Republicans leadership election , she endorsed candidate Laurent Wauquiez , who won the election. Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections , she publicly declared her support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.[5]
References
^ "Albertville : le maire Martine Berthet candidate LR aux sénatoriales de septembre" . France Bleu (in French). July 25, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ "Martine Berthet, maire d'Albertville et présidente de la Fédération des maires de Savoie" . La Vie nouvelle (in French). May 13, 2016. Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
^ "Elections sénatoriales en Savoie : Martine Berthet (LR) en tête du premier tour" (in French). France 3 . September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
^ "En Savoie, Martine Berthet devient la première sénatrice du département" . Le Monde (in French). September 25, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite Le Figaro .
External links
Senators of France (2020–2023)
1 October 2020 – 1 October 2023