Viviane Artigalas
Senator for Hautes-Pyrénées
Assumed office
2 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1956-10-22) 22 October 1956
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
OccupationSecondary 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.

Career

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]

Member of the Senate, 2017–present

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]

Other activities

References

  1. ↑ "Lourdes. Effectifs en hausse au collège". La Dépêche (in French). September 3, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Nogues, Nathalie (April 20, 2012). "Arrens-Marsous. Viviane Artigalas premier magistrat". La Dépêche (in French). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ "COMITE DE SOUTIEN 65 Ségolène ROYAL" (PDF). lourdes-infos (in French). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Viviane Artigalas «Avec vous pour Arrens-Marsous»". La Dépêche (in French). February 15, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Résultats des élections municipales 2014" (in French). Minister of the Interior. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Résultats des élections régionales 2010" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Assemblée plénière du Conseil régional du 11 octobre : trois nouvelles vice-présidentes" (in French). 10 October 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Canton d'Aucun – Viviane Artigalas est candidate aux cantonales". La Semaine des Pyrénées (in French). February 2, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Résultats des élections cantonales 2011" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Résultats des élections sénatoriales 2017" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  11. ↑ Collongues, Jean-Luc (October 5, 2019). "La sénatrice des Hautes-Pyrénées, Viviane Artigalas, à la commission économique". La Dépêche (in French). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  12. ↑ Supervisory Board Caisse des dépôts et consignations.
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