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Catherine Morin-Desailly

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Catherine Morin-Desailly
Catherine Morin-Desailly in March 2019
Member of the French Senate
for Seine-Maritime
Assumed office
1 October 2004
Preceded byJacques Larché
Personal details
Born (1960-07-06) 6 July 1960 (age 64)
Le Petit-Quevilly, France
Political partyLC
UDI
Alma materUniversity of Rouen

Catherine Morin-Desailly (born 6 July 1960 in Le Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime) is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who has been serving as a member of the Senate of France since 2004, representing the Seine-Maritime department.

Political career

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In the Senate, Morin-Desailly serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[1] Since 2014, she has been chairing the Committee on Cultural Affairs. In 2020, she also chaired the Senate’s fact-finding committee on the issue of repatriation of cultural heritage.[2]

In addition to her committee assignments, Morin-Desailly chairs the French-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]

In late 2008, Morin-Desailly left the Democratic Movement (MoDem), to join the Centrists (LC). From 2009, she served as the party’s spokesperson on cultural affairs and media.

Other activities

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Political positions

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In June 2014, together with Chantal Jouanno, Morin-Desailly tabled a motion for a resolution to grant asylum to Edward Snowden.[4]

References

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