Sophie Joissains

Sophie Joissains
Born October 25, 1969
Nationality French
Occupation Politician
Parent(s) Alain Joissains
Maryse Joissains-Masini

Sophie Joissains (born 25 October 1969) is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France.[1][2][3] She represents the Bouches-du-Rhône department and is a member of the Radical Party.[1][2]

Biography

Early life

Sophie Joissains was born on October 25, 1969 to Alain Joissains, mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1978 to 1983, and Maryse Joissains-Masini, also mayor since 2001.[1][3][4][5][6] To study Law, she moved to Paris, then Louvain, and she eventually received a Master of Advanced Studies.[6] She also worked in cinema for Anatole Dauman, and started a career as a criminologist.[2][6]

Career

In 2008, she became the youngest female member of the French Senate.[3][5][7][8][9][10] She also serves as the deputy mayor of Aix-en-Provence.[1][2][10] She has been accused of nepotism.[6]

She supports the HADOPI law.[11] Alongside Claude Domeizel, she has proposed a bank holiday to celebrate laïcité.[12]

Personal life

She is a cancer survivor.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Senate webpage
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Parti Radical webpage
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 'Les premiers pas au Sénat de Sophie Joissains', in Le Parisien, 25.09.2008
  4. Yvan Stefanovitch, La caste des 500: enquête sur les princes de la république, Lattès, 2010, p. 291
  5. 5.0 5.1 Marion Brunet, 'Sophie Joissains, la benjamine du Sénat', in Le Point, 02/10/2008
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Thierry Noir, 'La relève du clan Joissains', in Le Point, 26/03/2009
  7. Université Paul Cézanne interview
  8. Raphaëlle Duchemin, 'Le Sénat, une maison de retraite dorée?', in France Info, 25 September 2009
  9. 'Un Sénat plus jeune et plus féminin', in Le Point, 22.09.2008
  10. 10.0 10.1 Catherine Gouësset, 'Les "fils et filles de" en politique', in L'Express, 15/10/2009
  11. Patrick Kovarik, 'Hadopi, c'est adopté', in L'Express, 13/05/2009
  12. 'Les sénateurs veulent une journée nationale de la laïcité le 9 décembre', inLe Parisien, 28.01.2011

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