Brigitte Douay

Brigitte Douay (born 24 February 1947 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the Committee on Budgets.

Brigitte Douay
Member of the National Assembly for Nord's 18th constituency
In office 12 June 1997 – 19 June 2002
Preceded by	Claude Pringalle
Succeeded by	François-Xavier Villain
Personal details
Born	(1947-02-24) 24 February 1947 Paris, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Sciences Po

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the delegation for relations with Japan, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Career

• Degree in classics (1968), graduate of Sciences Po
• Teacher (1971)
• Editorial secretary on 30 jours d'Europe (1971–1972)
• Editorial secretary on issues of the Moniteur devoted to public works (1972–1973)
• Journalist (1974–1977)
• Press attaché to Pierre Mauroy, Mayor of Lille and Chairman of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (1977–1981)
• Press attaché in the office of Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister (1981–1984)
• Press and parliamentary attaché in the office of the State Secretary for the Civil Service (1984–1986)
• Responsible for external relations at the Commission for the National Plan (1986–1988)
• Responsible for public relations, Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (1988–1993)
• Responsible for public relations at Lille Grand Palais (congress centre) (1993–1997)
• Director of communications, Jean-Jaurès Foundation (2003–2004)
• Member of Cambrai Municipal Council (2001–2004)
• Member of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regional Council (since 2004)
• Member of the National Assembly for Nord (1997–2002)
• Chairwoman of the national anti-counterfeiting committee (1997–2002)

External links

• Official website (in French)
• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF file)