Brigitte Douay

Brigitte Douay (born 24 February 1947 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the Committee on Budgets.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the delegation for relations with Japan, and a substitute for the delegation to the 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 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)
* [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; PDF file)