Catherine Deroche

{{short description|French politician}}

{{Expand French|topic=gov|date=February 2017}}

{{ infobox officeholder

| name = Catherine Deroche

| office = Member of the French Senate
for Maine-et-Loire

| term_start = 12 October 2010

| predecessor = Christian Gaudin

| office2 = Mayor of Bouchemaine

| term_start2 = 1999

| term_end2 = 2008

| predecessor2 = Christian Mettelet

| successor2 = Anne-Sophie Hocquet de Lajartre

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|02|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Beaupréau, France

| party = The Republicans

}}

Catherine Deroche (born 24 February 1953) is a French politician. She represents the department of Maine-et-Loire in the French Senate as a Union for a Popular Movement member.{{cite web |url=https://www.senat.fr/senateur/deroche_catherine10006l.html |title=Mme Catherine Deroche |publisher=Senate of France |language=fr}}

Deroche was mayor of Bouchemaine from 1999 to 2008. She also served as chair of the Association départementale des maires. She is a member of the Regional council and secretary for the UMP in Maine-et-Loire.{{cite news |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2011/09/25/elections-senatoriales-les-biographies-des-elus_1577623_823448.html |title=Elections sénatoriales : les biographies des élus |newspaper=Le Monde |date=September 25, 2011 |language=fr}}

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Deroche publicly declared her support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/droite-51-parlementaires-s-engagent-derriere-michel-barnier-20211001 Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite] Le Figaro.