Carole Delga

She has presided over the Occitania regional council since 2016, after serving as a deputy and as a junior minister for trade and crafts. She is named in the race on who will be on the ballot of the 2027 French presidential election, where Wikipedia describes her as a potential candidate.

Career

Delga was born on 19 August 1971 in Toulouse and studied at Toulouse 1 University Capitole. She joined the Socialist Party in 2004 and was mayor of Martres-Tolosane from 2008 to 2014 and vice-president of the Midi-Pyrénées regional council from 2010 to 2012. She sat in the National Assembly in 2012-2014 and again in 2015-2017, was Secretary of State for Trade, Arts and Crafts, Consumption and the Social and Solidarity Economy in 2014-2015, and has been president of the Occitania regional council since 2016.

Positions

Wikipedia describes Delga as a critic of the New Ecological and Social People's Union, the left-wing alliance, and as sceptical towards rival left-wing movements; she has backed various Socialist candidates in party primaries. Her party, the Socialist Party, is described by Wikipedia as social democratic and pro-European.

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