Chantal Berthelot

Chantal Berthelot is a French politician, former member of the French National Assembly representing department of French Guiana.[1]

Chantal Berthelot
Member of the French National Assembly for French Guiana
In office
20 June 2007 – 20 June 2017
(10 years)
Preceded byJuliana Rimane
Succeeded byLénaïck Adam
Member of the Regional council of French Guiana
In office
16 March 1998 – 18 December 2015
(17 years, 9 months and 2 days)
Personal details
Born (1958-09-19) 19 September 1958
Mana, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyDVG
OccupationFarmer

Biography

Early life

In 1993, Chantal Berthelot founded an agricultural union, the Regional Farmers Group of Guyana (GRAG). Permanent expert on the Board of Directors of the Office for the Development of Agricultural Economics of the Overseas Departments (1990-1997), she is President of the Center for Management and Rural Economy of Guyana from 1985 to 1998.

Political career

Elected regional councilor in 1998 and 2004 on the list of the Guianese Socialist Party, she is the first vice-president of the Regional Council of French Guiana. In 2010, she is head of the list in the regional elections French Guiana.[2]

Member of the National Assembly

Chantal Berthelot was elected to the French National Assembly on 17 June 2007, representing the 2nd constituency of French Guiana with the support of the Guianese Socialist Party and the Socialist Party.[3] She was re-elected in 2012.[4]

On June 10, 2017, she was eliminated in the first round with 19.48% of the votes cast, ahead of Lénaïck Adam, the REM candidate and a candidate published the protest movement of March 2017, Davy Rimane.[5] Following her elimination, she resumed full-time work as a farmer in Macouria.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Mme Chantal Berthelot". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. "RÉSULTATS RÉGIONALES 2010 - GUYANE" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. "Outre-Mer GUYANE (2)" (in French). zigzagprod.fr. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. "Première réaction de Chantal BERTHELOT Députée réélue de la seconde circonscription" (in French). 97320.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. "Guyane : la députée apparentée PS Chantal Berthelot éliminée" (in French). Le Point. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. "Maire, senateur, menuisier, agriculteur, Que sont devenus vos anciens deputes ?" (in French). Le Point. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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