Background
Daughter of a farmer, she studied law at Amiens and Paris.
Daughter of a farmer, she studied law at Amiens and Paris.
Panthéon-Assas University.
An activist for the University and then the CNI, she was elected regional councillor in 1986 and conseillère municipale ("Municipal Councillor") in 1989. With Gilles de Robien she had responsibility for education and youth work. She joined the Parti républicain ("Republican Party") in 1992, within the Union for French Democracy.
She became Mayor of Amiens in 1992 and was appointed a minister in Jean-Pierre Raffarin"s first government.
In the French Regional Elections of 2004, she was elected on the right-wing ticket of Gilles de Robien. She resigned on 23 March 2007 to become second deputy mayor with responsibility for Local Democracy, Community Life, Prevention and Security.
Her mandate expired in June 2009. Regional Councillor of Picardy
Municipal Councillor of Amiens
Chevalier de la Légion d"honneur.
Union for French Democracy, Republican Party.
On 1 January 2008 she succeeded Jean-Louis Bourlanges as a Member of the European Parliament.