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Arlette Franco

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Arlette Franco
Arlette Franco in 2007
Member of the National Assembly
for Pyrénées-Orientales's 2nd constituency
In office
19 June 2002  31 March 2010
Succeeded byFernand Siré
Mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon
In office
20 March 1989  31 March 2010
Preceded byJacques Coupet
Succeeded byBernard Dupont
Personal details
BornArlette Martinez
(1939-10-01)1 October 1939
Died31 March 2010(2010-03-31) (aged 70)
PartyRPR
UMP

Arlette Franco (1 October 1939, in Perpignan – 31 March 2010, in Canet-en-Roussillon[1]) was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the Pyrénées-Orientales department,[2] and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. She was also a vice-president of the French Swimming Federation.

Biography

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On June 19, 2002, she became a member of parliament for the 2nd constituency of the Pyrénées-Orientales, as part of the Union for a Popular Movement group. She was re-elected on June 17, 2007, with 59.78% of the votes cast in the second round. In 2007, she voted against the inclusion of the abolition of the death Capital punishment.[3]

On March 9, 2008, the list she headed won the municipal election in Canet-en-Roussillon in the first round with 63.88% of the votes cast. Vice-president of the French Swimming Federation, she was behind the installation of the first Olympic swimming pool in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Founder of the Canet 66 Natation sports club, she saw it grow with international-level swimmers. Shortly before her death, Arlette Franco paid tribute to her friend Henri Sérandour by inaugurating the new swimming pool in Canet-en-Roussillon named after him.

She underwent surgery in 2008 for a brain tumor, the effects of which left her disabled. She died on March 31, 2010, in Canet-en-Roussillon, as a result of the disease.[4][5] She was replaced in the National Assembly by her deputy, Fernand Siré.

References

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  1. "Décès d'Arlette Franco - Hommage unanime de la classe politique : La Semaine du Roussillon". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  2. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  3. Ligue des Droits de l'Homme
  4. Nécrologie AFP/ Le Figaro du
  5. La semaine du Roussillon