Françoise Briand
{{Short description|French politician (born 1951)}}
{{Expand French|topic=bio|Françoise Briand|date=February 2022}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Essonne's 7th constituency
| predecessor = Jean Marsaudon
| birth_name =
| party = Union for a Popular Movement
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|04|20|df=yes}}
| termstart = 19 September 2008
| successor = Éva Sas
| termend = 19 June 2012
| alma_mater = School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
}}
Françoise Briand ({{IPA|fr|fʁɑ̃swaz bʁijɑ̃}}; born 20 April 1951) is a French politician who was Member of Parliament for Essonne's 7th constituency from 2008 to 2012.{{Cite web |title=Mme Françoise Briand - Mandat clos - Essonne (7e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale |url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA346692 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr}}
Biography
= Origins and Family Life =
Françoise Briand was born on 20 April 1951, in Paris.[http://www.whoswho.fr/biographie-francoise-briand_457416.html Françoise Briand's profile on the French Who's Who directory.] Accessed on 29 December 2010.
= Professional career =
Françoise Briand worked as a research engineer[http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_id/346692.asp Françoise Briand's profile for the thirteenth legislative term on the website of the National Assembly.] Accessed on 30 December 2010. (secretary) in social sciences at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences).[http://www.lcpan.fr/Francoise-Briand-deputee-04140.html Interview with Françoise Briand broadcast on June 24, 2010, on the LCP channel's website.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914031235/http://www.lcpan.fr/Francoise-Briand-deputee-04140.html |date=14 September 2010 }} Accessed on 30 December 2010. In the French civil service, a "research engineer" is a civil servant primarily assigned to public institutions with scientific, cultural, and professional purposes, as well as scientific and technological public institutions (EPST), the Ministries of Agriculture, Culture, and National Education.
= Political career =
Françoise Briand was elected as an opposition municipal councilor in Viry-Châtillon during the 2001 municipal elections on the Union for French Democracy (UDF) list led by Catherine Granier-Bompard, which received 45.81% of the votes in the first round.[http://elections.figaro.net/cgi/histo_req1?page=30&offs=35&action=M2001&re=&dep=91&Valider=Lancez+la+recherche&version=figaro Results of the 2001 municipal election in Viry-Châtillon on the Le Figaro newspaper's website.]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Accessed on 30 December 2010. In the 2007 legislative elections, she served as the substitute for Jean Marsaudon, who won the seventh constituency of Essonne with 52.04% of the votes.[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/LG2007/091/circons07.html Results of the 2007 legislative election in the seventh constituency of Essonne on the Ministry of the Interior's website.] Accessed on 30 December 2010. In the 2008 municipal elections, she was second on the Nouveau Centre - UMP list, which was defeated with 46.32% of the votes in the first round.[https://www.linternaute.com/ville/ville/elections-municipales/1996/viry-chatillon.shtml Results of the 2008 municipal election in Viry-Châtillon on the L'Internaute website.] Accessed on 30 December 2010. She resigned the day after the defeat.[http://www.ainsivalaville.org/docs/presse/Presse_20080923_LeParisien.pdf Article "Les premiers pas de Françoise Briand à l'Assemblée" published on September 23, 2008, on the Le Parisien newspaper's website.]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Accessed on 30 December 2010. When Jean Marsaudon died on 18 September 2008, she became a deputy herself.[http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/la-mort-du-depute-jean-marsaudon-19-09-2008-236567.php Article "La mort du député Jean Marsaudon" published on September 19, 2008, on the Le Parisien newspaper's website.] Accessed on 30 December 2010.[http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/une-debutante-succede-a-jean-marsaudon-a-l-assemblee-22-09-2008-244288.php Article "Une débutante succède à Jean Marsaudon à l'Assemblée" published on September 22, 2008, on the Le Parisien newspaper's website.] Accessed on 30 December 2010. In the 2012 legislative elections, she was defeated by her opponent from Europe Ecology – The Greens (EÉL V) with 46.10% of the votes.[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/LG2012/091/09107.html Results of the 2012 legislative election in the seventh constituency of Essonne on the Ministry of the Interior's website.] Accessed on 18 June 2012. This was a very negative result in a constituency that had always remained right-wing since its creation.
She ran as a candidate (supported by the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)) in the 2014 municipal elections but only received 20.26% of the votes in the first round, behind incumbent mayor Simone Mathieu (Left Party) with 24.47%, and significantly behind Jean-Marie Vilain (Ainsi va la ville association) with 40.20%. Forced to withdraw, she witnessed the triumph of the "Ainsi Va La Ville" list (65% in the second round).
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