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Martine Aubry (née Delors, born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She has been the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party since November 2008 and Mayor of Lille (Nord) since March 2001. Her father, Jacques Delors, was a former Minister of Finance under President François Mitterrand, and a former President of the European Commission. She joined the PS in 1974 and was appointed Minister of Labour by then-Prime Minister Édith Cresson, in 1991, but lost her position in 1993 after the RPR won the legislative elections. However, she became Minister of Social Affairs when Lionel Jospin was appointed Prime Minister in 1997. She is mostly known for having pushed the controversial 35-hour workweek law, known as the "Loi Aubry", reducing the nominal length of the normal full-time working week from 39 to 35 hours. Aubry stepped down from her Cabinet post in 2001 to be elected Mayor of Lille in place of Pierre Mauroy. Aubry subsequently lost her seat in the National Assembly, in the general election of 2002. In March 2008, she was reelected Mayor of Lille, with 66,55% of the votes. In November 2008, she was elected to lead the Socialist Party, narrowly defeating Ségolène Royal; while Royal disputed the results, the Socialist Party declared on November 25 2008 that Aubry had won the contested election.
[edit] BiographyAubry is the daughter of former French Minister of Finance (1981 to 1985) and European Commission president (1985 to 1995), Jacques Delors. [edit] Education and professional careerAubry was educated at the lycée Notre-Dame-des-Oiseaux[1] and the lycée Paul-Valéryin (in Paris); she holds a degree in economic science from the Pantheon-Assas Paris II University [2] a diploma from the Institut des Sciences Sociales du Travail and one from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris in 1972. Between 1973 and 1975, she studied École nationale d'administration (ENA). She became a civil administrator at the ministère du Travail et des Affaires sociales (English: Ministry of Social Affairs), during which time she was active within the Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT). She became a professor at the ENA in 1978, and was seconded to the State Council between 1980 and 1981. Following the election of François Mitterrand to the French presidency in 1981, she was successively held several posts at the Ministry of Social Affairs, in the cabinets of Jean Auroux and Pierre Bérégovoy. In 1984, instructed the French asbestos policy for the Comité Permanent Amiante, whose deputy director, Jean-Luc Pasquier testified before the courts, to account for their members' actions. After the defeat of the socialists at the French legislative election in 1986, she was named maître des requêtes at the State Council. From 1989 to 1991, she took up the post of Assistant Director at Pechiney, working with Jean Gandois, and which involved opening a plant at Dunkerque and the closure of the aluminium works at Noguères[3]. [edit] Political career[edit] Minister of Labor, Employment and Vocational Training : 1991-1993 et débuts à LilleAubry was named Minister of Labor, Employment and Vocational Training by Édith Cresson, et carried on in this capacity in the Bérégovoy ministry until March 1993. According to Jean-Luc Pasquier,[4] she supported the controlled use of asbestos whilst all other members of the EEC supported an outright ban, thus effectively vetoing a European decree against asbsetos.[5]. When the right came into power at the French legislative election in 1986, she started up Fondation Agir contre l'exclusion (FACE). In 1995, Pierre Mauroy named he as the first deputy to the Mayor of Lille, thus giving her a foothold in the Nord department. Lionel Jospin, who became the socialist candidate as French President in 1995, made her the campaign spokesman during the presidential campaign. Upon his defeat, Jospin became first secretary of the Socialist Party, and offered her the number two spot, which Aubry refused. Although she had good relations with part of the establishment – especially with her former Pechiney boss, Jean Gandois, son ancien patron chez Pechiney) – as well as the Parti communiste francaise, she did not get on well with the unions; she got on rather poorly in particular with Nicole Notat, the former General Secretary of the CFDT[citation needed] She has been described as hard and demanding, she countered by saying: "Je dis les choses en face, je ne suis pas faux-cul. Mais je crois être bien moins dure que beaucoup de gens en politique. Je suis même peut-être trop sensible. (I'm up front, and I don't kiss ass. I believe I'm much softer than many politicians. I'm maybe even too sensitive.)[3]" Minister of Employment and Solidarity : 1997-2000. [edit] Political careerGovernmental functions Minister of Labor, Employment and Training : 1991-1993. Minister of Employment and Solidarity : 1997-2000 (Resignation). Electoral mandates National Assembly of France Member of the National Assembly of France for Nord : Elected in 1997, but became minister in June / 2000-2002. Elected in 1997. Municipal Council Mayor of Lille : Since 2001. Reelected in 2008. Deputy-mayor of Lille : 1995-2001. Municipal councillor of Lille : Since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008. Urban community Council President of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole : Since 2008. Vice-president of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole : 1995-2008. Reelected in 2001. Member of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole : Since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008. Political function First Secretary (leader) of the Socialist Party (France) : Since 2008. [edit] Bibliography
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