Brigitte Bout

{{infobox Politician

| name = Brigitte Bout

| office = Member of the French Senate
for Pas-de-Calais

| term_start = 8 June 2002

| term_end = 30 September 2011

| predecessor = Jean-Paul Delevoye

| office2 = Mayor of Fleurbaix

| term_start2 = 18 March 2001

| term_end2 = 16 March 2008

| predecessor2 = Louis Courdent

| successor2 = Michel Dupont

| birth_name = Brigitte Pouille

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|01|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Armentières, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|02|05|1941|01|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Tourcoing, France

| party = UMP

}}

Brigitte Bout (née Pouille, 26 January 1941 – 5 February 2024) was a French politician who represented the Pas-de-Calais department in the Senate of France from 8 June 2002 to 30 September 2011. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Life and career

Brigitte Pouille was born on 26 January 1941. Before being elected to the Senate, she worked as an engineer. Bout did not run for reelection to the Senate in 2011.[http://www.senat.fr/senfic/bout_brigitte02003l.html Page on the Senate website]

Bout served as mayor of Fleurbaix from 2001 to 2008.

In 2013, Bout was named a Knight in the French Legion of Honour.{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000025641749 |title=Décret du 6 avril 2012 portant promotion et nomination |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |language=fr}} She died on 5 February 2024, at the age of 83.{{cite news |title=Brigitte Bout, ancienne maire de Fleurbaix et sénatrice, nous a quittés |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1427457/article/2024-02-06/brigitte-bout-ancienne-maire-de-fleurbaix-et-senatrice-nous-quittes |access-date=6 February 2024 |newspaper=La Voix du Nord |date=6 February 2024}}

References

Category:1941 births

Category:2024 deaths

Category:French women engineers

Category:Union for a Popular Movement politicians

Category:French senators of the Fifth Republic

Category:People from Armentières

Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour

Category:Women mayors of places in France

Category:20th-century French women politicians

Category:21st-century French women politicians

Category:Women members of the Senate (France)

Category:Senators of Pas-de-Calais