Margie Sudre

Margie Sudre (born 17 October 1943) is a Vietnamese-born Reunionese politician and Member of the European Parliament for France's "Outre-mer".

Politic
Before her election to the European Parliament (UMP-"les républicains"), she held several political mandates, both local and national: chairwoman of the Réunion Island regional Council (1993–1998, member since 1998), Secretary of State for the French-Speaking World (1995–1997). She worked to make French the second official language of the Atlanta Olympic Games.

She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Regional Development.

She is a member of the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and, as Head of the French UMP MEP delegation, a member of the EPP-ED bureau.

Career

 * Specialisation in anaesthesia and resuscitation (1976)
 * Doctor of medicine (1977)
 * Replacement anaesthetist (including resuscitation) (1971–1977)
 * Anaesthetist (including resuscitation) at the Joan of Arc Clinic (La Réunion) (1977–1995)
 * Chairman of the Réunion Island Regional Council (1993–1998)
 * State Secretary for the French-Speaking World (1995–1997)
 * Member of the European Parliament (elected 1999, 2004). She did not candidate in 2009 elections.
 * Knight of the Legion of Honour (1999)
 * Officer of the Legion of Honour (2010)