Claudia Rouaux (born 13 October 1963) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who became a member of the Deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency following the death of François André in 2017.
Rouaux was elected a municipal councillor for the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu in 2001 and maintained her mandate for 19 years. In 2010, she was elected as a regional councillor for Brittany.
Political career
Rouaux was elected municipal councillor in Montfort-sur-Meu in 2001, as Victor Préauchat's first assistant, then re-elected in 2008. She was the substitute candidate for Marcel Rogemont as a (later dissenting) Socialist candidate for Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency in the 2007 election. She was a candidate for the socialists in the 2008 cantonal elections in the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu; with 46% of the vote, she was beaten in the second round by Christophe Martins.
Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present
Rouaux was the substitute candidate for François André for Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency in the 2017 election. She succeeded André following his death. She was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election as a PS (NUPES) candidate.
In 2023, Rouaux publicly endorsed the re-election of the Socialist Party's chairman Olivier Faure.
External links
Her page on the site of the National Assembly
References
Living people
1963 births
People from Maine-et-Loire
21st-century French women politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (France) Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Ille-et-Vilaine