Brigitte Douay
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'''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)
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[[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]]
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