Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe

Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe is a French politician, born on 29 March 1939 in Bully-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais.

He has served as mayor of Arras since June 1995, and was elected UDF senator from the Pas-de-Calais at the elections of 2001.

A centrist, Vanlerenberghe joined the MoDem of François Bayrou in 2007, and now sits with a sizeable MoDem contingent at the Palais du Luxembourg.

Vanlerenberghe is an engineer by training, having studied at the Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers in Lille and holding a degree from the Centre des Hautes Études de la Construction. He worked in Arras for the Public Works Commission, also holding jobs from 1964 to 1974 at Rhone-Poulenc-textile and the Centre d'Études Supérieurs Industrielles.

From 1981 to 1986, he led the Fédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel Agricole et Rural in Paris; from 1990 to 1993, he directed the Conseil en Développement d'Entreprises et Ressources Humaines.

Current mandates

* Mayor of Arras
* President of the Urban Community of Arras
* Senator

Former mandates

* Deputy to the European Parliament
* Member of the French Parliamentary Delegation for the European Union
* Membre of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Health Policy
* Regional counsellor for Nord-Pas-de-Calais

External links

* [http://www.senat.fr/senfic/vanlerenberghe_jean_marie01034p.html Information on the website of the French Senate]