Brigitte Douay 1483892 183190530 2008-01-09T15:58:10Z BrownHairedGirl 754619 [[Category:Female Members of the European Parliament]] '''Brigitte Douay''' (born [[24 February]] [[1947]] in [[Paris]]) is a [[Politics of France|French politician]] and [[Member of the European Parliament]] for the [[European Parliament election, 2004 (France)#Seats|north-west]] of [[France]]. She is a member of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], which is part of the [[Party of European Socialists]], and sits on the [[European Parliament Committee on Budgets|Committee on Budgets]]. She is also a substitute for the [[European Parliament Committee on Regional Development|Committee on Regional Development]], a member of the delegation for relations with [[Japan]], and a substitute for the delegation to the [[European Union|EU]]–[[Mexico]] Joint Parliamentary Committee. ==Career== * Degree in classics (1968), graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies * 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 [[French National Assembly|National Assembly]] for Nord (1997-2002) * Chairwoman of the national anti-counterfeiting committee (1997-2002) ==External links== * [http://www.brigitte-douay.fr/ Official website] (in [[French language|French]]) * [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28157 European Parliament biography] * [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/28157_23-06-2004.PDF Declaration of financial interests] (in French; [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] file) {{DEFAULTSORT:Douay, Brigitte}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:MEPs representing the Nord-Ouest France constituency serving 2004-2009]] [[Category:French PS MEPs serving 2004-2009]] [[Category:Female Members of the European Parliament]] {{France-MEP-stub}} [[fr:Brigitte Douay]] [[ro:Brigitte Douay]]