Draft:Maryse Carrère



Maryse Carrère (born on April 8, 1967, in Estaing, Hautes-Pyrénées is a French politician and a member of the Radical Party of the Left. She currently serves as a senator and the departmental councilor of Hautes-Pyrénées.

Political Career
Maryse Carrère began her political career as a candidate a for mayor of Lau-Balagnas. She was elected mayor in the 2001 French municipal elections and reelected in 2008 and 2014.

On January 8, 2014, she was elected president of the joint union Pays de Lourdes et des Vallées des Gaves. On April 22, 2014, she was reelected to this office.

She was the Vice President of the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Saint-Savin until 2016.

Following the merger of the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Saint-Savin with 3 intercommunities, she was elected as Vice President of the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves and in charge of sports equipment.

During the 2010 French regional elections, she appeared in 6th place in the 1st round on the list of presidential majority in Hautes-Pyrénées, but she did not get elected.