Viviane Artigalas
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Viviane Artigalas | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Assumed office 2 October 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1956 |
| Party | Socialist Party |
| Occupation | Secondary school Principal[1] |
Viviane Artigalas (born 22 October 1956) is a French politician of the Socialist Party. She became a senator for Hautes-Pyrénées in October 2017.
Member of the Senate, 2017–present
Artigalas started her political career as a municipal councillor of Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne.[2] She supported candidate Ségolène Royal in the 2007 presidential election.[3]
Artigalas was elected mayor of Arrens-Marsous, Hautes-Pyrénées in 2012[2] and re-elected in 2014.[4][5] She was the deputy chairwoman of the Val d'Azun community of communes from 2008 to 2016, then a member of the Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves community of communes in 2017. Besides, she was a regional councillor of Midi-Pyrénées between 2010,[6] and 2015 and became the deputy chairwoman of the Midi-Pyrénées Regional Council.[7]
Artigalas stood in the 2011 cantonal election in the canton of Aucun,[8] but was defeated by Marc Léo.[9]
On 24 September 2017 Artigalas was elected a senator for Hautes-Pyrénées.[10] She was appointed as the secretary of the Commission for Economic Affairs.[11]
