Françoise de Veyrinas
Introduction '''Françoise de Veyrinas''' (4 September 1943 – 16 August 2008), born '''Gardey de Soos''', was a French politician and Member of the European Parliament.
Biography Elected to Toulouse representing the UDF and the UMP uninterrupted since 1983, she was ''première adjointe'' ( "First Assistant") to her town from 1995 until 2008 and vice-president of the ''Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Toulouse'' ( loosely, "Community of the Conurbation of Greater Toulouse"). She sat on the Regional Mid-Pyrénées Council and then the General Council of Haute-Garonne. She was also a Member of the European Parliament after François Bayrou resigned. A specialist in social issues, she was briefly (May–November 1995) ''Secrétaire d'État aux Quartiers en difficulté'' ( "Secretary of State for Quarters in Difficulty") in the first Juppé government.Voted a member of the UDF-CDS in 1993, she then failed to be elected in the legislative elections of 2002 and 2007.In 2008, though re-elected city councillor on the ticket of the outgoing mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc, she ended up in opposition to the new Socialist mayor, Pierre Cohen.From May 2003 until her death, de Veyrinas was president of the ''Conseil national des missions locales'' ( "National Council of Local Missions").She died on 16 August 2008 at age 64, after a battle with cancer. She received many tributes and mayor Pierre Cohen came to her funeral.
Citizenship *Regional delegate to the Women of Midi-Pyrénées (1979–1982 and 1986–1989)*Head of Maintenance at home elderly in Haute-Garonne (1983–1986)*''Chargée de mission'' for the Minister of Social Affairs, Health and City, Simone Veil (1994)
Political offices *Regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées (1986–1992)*General Counsel of the Canton of Toulouse XII (1992–2001)*Member for Haute-Garonne's 6th constituency from 1993 to 1995*Secretary of State for areas, with the Minister for Integration and the Fight against Exclusion in Alain Juppé's government in 1995*MEP 2002 to 2004*City Council of Toulouse in 1983 to 2008*Deputy Mayor of Toulouse from 1995 to 2008 (mandates of Dominique Baudis, Philippe Douste-Blazy and Jean-Luc Moudenc)
Honours *Officer of the Legion of Honour, awarded Friday 9 February 2007*Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite, awarded 31 December 2005
References ''This page was translated from its equivalent in the French Wikipedia on 19 July 2009''.
External links * (automatically translated) —  AFP, 18 August 2008*   Her blog*   Profile on the French National Assembly Site