Monique Orphé
French politician
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Monique Orphé (born 15 October 1964 in Saint-Denis, Réunion) is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), she was a Deputy in the National Assembly from Réunion between 2012 and 2017.[1]
Monique Orphé | |
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Monique Orphé in 2006. | |
| Departmental councillor of Réunion | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2021 Serving with Gérard Françoise | |
| Preceded by | Nadia Ramassamy |
| Constituency | Canton of Saint-Denis-1 |
| Member of the National Assembly for Réunion's 6th constituency | |
| In office 20 June 2012 – 20 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Nadia Ramassamy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1964 |
| Party | PS |
Biography
Teacher by profession, Monique Orphé was elected to the Regional Council of Réunion in 2004.[2]
Nominated as a candidate in Réunion's 1st constituency for the 2007 legislative election, with Gilbert Annette as her replacement, she withdrew her candidacy in favour of Annette. A municipal councillor of Saint-Denis since 1995, she became the first deputy mayor to Gilbert Annette following the 2008 municipal elections.[2]
During the second round of the 2012 legislative election, she was elected Deputy of the newly created 6th constituency of Réunion with 58.9% of the vote.[3] A member of the Social Affairs Committee, she supported the El Khomri law in 2016.[4]
She supported Emmanuel Macron during the 2017 presidential election.[5] As a result of her support for Macron, she was refused the nomination of the PS during the 2017 legislative election, which she lost during the second round to Nadia Ramassamy (LR).[6][7]
A candidate during the 2021 departmental election in the Canton of Saint-Denis-1 with Gérard Françoise, she finished first in the first round with 54.6% of votes cast, but a high abstention rate didn't permit the pairing to be directly elected.[8][9] The Socialist Party pairing went on to win the second round of voting with 56.3% of votes cast.[10]