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Margie Sudre
Margie Sudre
President of the Regional Council of Réunion
	In office; 1993–1998
Preceded by	Camille Sudre
Succeeded by	Paul Vergès
Secretary of State for Francophonie
	In office; 1995–1997
President	Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister	Alain Juppé
Preceded by	Jacques Toubon
Succeeded by	Charles Josselin
Personal details
Born	Marguerite Demaiche; 17 October 1943 (age 81); Vinh, Vietnam
Nationality	French
Political party	The Republicans
Spouse	Camille Sudre
Profession	Physician

Margie Sudre (born 17 October 1943) is a Vietnamese-born Reunionese politician and Member of the European Parliament for France's "Outre-mer".

Politic

Before her election to the European Parliament (UMP-"les républicains"), she held several political mandates, both local and national: chairwoman of the Réunion Island regional Council (1993–1998, member since 1998), Secretary of State for the French-Speaking World (1995–1997). She worked to make French the second official language of the Atlanta Olympic Games.^[1]

She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Regional Development.

She is a member of the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and, as Head of the French UMP MEP delegation, a member of the EPP-ED bureau.

Career

Specialisation in anaesthesia and resuscitation (1976)
Doctor of medicine (1977)
Replacement anaesthetist (including resuscitation) (1971–1977)
Anaesthetist (including resuscitation) at the Joan of Arc Clinic (La Réunion) (1977–1995)
Chairman of the Réunion Island Regional Council (1993–1998)
State Secretary for the French-Speaking World (1995–1997)
Member of the European Parliament (elected 1999, 2004). She did not candidate in 2009 elections.
Knight of the Legion of Honour (1999)
Officer of the Legion of Honour (2010)