- Maryse Joissains-Masini
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Maryse Joissains-Masini (b. August 15, 1942 in Toulon, née Maryse Charton) is a member of the National Assembly of France.[1] She represents the Bouches-du-Rhône department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.[1] She is also the mayor of Aix-en-Provence.[2][3]
Biography
Maryse Joissains-Masini was born on August 15, 1942 in Toulon, France.[4] Her parents were both Communists, and her father was Maurice Thorez's bodyguard.[5] She worked for the Social Security in France and volunteered as a young communist.[5] She then received a B.A. from the University of the South, Toulon-Var followed by a Master's degree and a PhD from Paul Cezanne University.[5]
She subsequently taught criminology and private law there.[4] In 1968, she got married to Alain Joissains. In 1970, she started her career as a lawyer.[4] She worked in the cases of the Infected blood scandal and the use of asbestos.[4][5] It was also then that she took to Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and joined the Radical Party.[5]
From 1983 to 1989, she served as a member of the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.[4] She has been the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence since 2001.[4][5] She banned homeless people from being drunk on the streets.[6] In 2009, her re-election was invalidated by one of her former councilors, Stéphane Salord, under the assumption that allegations spread about her opponent François-Xavier de Peretti were too personal and violent.[7][8] Nevertheless, she was reelected.[9] In June 2011, she also voted against same-sex marriage.[10] She has been accused of not attending the sessions in the National Assembly of France.[11][12] However, she responded by saying she went once a month.[13] She is one of the French politician who holds the most elected positions at different levels of government.[14] She is a recipient of the Legion of Honour.[4][15]
Her former husband, Alain Joissains, served as the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1978 to 1983.[4] Now divorced, their daughter Sophie Joissains is a member of the French Senate.[4]
References
- ^ a b webpage at the National Assembly
- ^ EIP, Annuaire des Mairies des Bouches du Rhône (13), Les Editions Céline, p. 17 [1]
- ^ Ney Bensadon, La condition féminine à l'aube du IIIe millénaire, Séguier, 2001, p. 142 [2]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Official website biography
- ^ a b c d e f Christine Rigollet, 'Aix-en-provence : La surprise Joissains', in Le Point, 23/03/2001 [3]
- ^ Stéphane Rullac, Le péril SDF: assister et punir, L'Harmattan, p. 189 [4]
- ^ 'Il faudra revoter à Aix', in Metro France, 08-06-2009 [5]
- ^ 'Maryse Joissains persiste et signe', in La Marseillaise, 09-06-2009 [6]
- ^ Jean-Claude Bouildé, 'A Aix, le «tout sauf Joissains» n'a pas suffi pour battre l'UMP', in Marianne, July 19, 2009 [7]
- ^ Rédaction, 'Le mariage des homos rejeté: qu'a voté votre député?', in Têtu, June 14, 2011 [8]
- ^ 'Ils brillent par leur absence', in Le Parisien, 29.04.2009 [9]
- ^ 'Les fantômes du Palais-Bourbon', in L'Express, 29/04/2009 [10]
- ^ '« Je viens une fois par mois », in Le Parisien, 29.04.2009 [11]
- ^ 'Les députés cumulards passés au crible', in L'Express, 07/10/2009[12]
- ^ 'Des députés très cumulards', in Le Journal du Dimanche, October 7, 2009 [13]
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- People from Toulon
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- Members of the National Assembly of France
- Légion d'honneur recipients
- Union for a Popular Movement politician stubs
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