Françoise Férat

Françoise Férat
Françoise Férat in 2017
Member of the French Senate for Marne
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2001
Personal details
Born	(1949-03-05) 5 March 1949 (age 75) Épernay, France
Political party	MoDem Centrist Alliance UDI

Françoise Férat (born 5 March 1949) is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. She represents the Marne department and is a member of the Centrist Alliance.[1]

Biography

A former member of the MoDem, she announced on May 8, 2008 that she was "retiring" from the party, without leaving it. In October 2009,[2] she joined the Alliance Centrist party founded by Jean Arthuis,[3] Senator for Mayenne.

She was elected senator for the Marne region on September 23, 2001, where she is secretary of the culture, education and communication commission.

She supported Alain Juppé for the 2016 Republican presidential primary.

In the 2017 senatorial elections, Françoise Férat was re-elected for a further term. The "Union de la droite et du center" list she was on won all three seats in the Marne department, with 54.18% of the vote.[4][5]

References

1. "Françoise FERAT". senat.fr. senat.fr. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
2. L'Union - article du 8 mai 2008 « Nous nous mettons en retrait du Modem, nous ne le quittons pas. Il ne s’agit pas pour nous de rejoindre l’UMP ou le Nouveau centre »
3. "Home". Alliance Centriste. Retrieved 2020-09-18..
4. "Élections sénatoriales dans la Marne: le trio Savary, Férat, Detraigne réélu". lunion.fr. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017..
5. "Sénatoriales 2017 : dans la Marne, réélection des trois sénateurs sortants". lemonde.fr. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017..