Sonia Lagarde

Sonia Lagarde

Portrait of Sonia Lagarde

Sonia Lagarde in 2012
Mayor of Nouméa
Assumed office
5 April 2015
Preceded by Jean Lèques
Member of the National Assembly
for New Caledonia's 1st constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2012
Preceded by Gaël Yanno
3rd vice-president of the Assembly of the South Province of New Caledonia
In office
15 May 2009  9 November 2011
President Pierre Frogier
Preceded by Christiane Gambey
Succeeded by Cynthia Ligeard
1st vice-president of the Assembly of the South Province of New Caledonia
In office
14 May 2004  10 May 2009
President Philippe Gomès
Preceded by Pierre Bretegnier
Succeeded by Éric Gay
Personal details
Born Sonia Boyer
(1948-08-29) August 29, 1948
Nouméa, New Caledonia, France
Political party UDI-Caledonia Together

Sonia Lagarde (born Sonia Boyer 29 August 1948) is a French New Caledonian politician and the current mayor of Nouméa. She has been a member of the National Assembly for New Caledonia's 1st constituency since 2012.[1]

She has been a member of various parties of the miscellaneous right opposed to The Rally-UMP: Une Nouvelle-Calédonie pour tous (UNCT) from 1995 to 1999, the Alliance from 199 to 2004, Avenir ensemble from 2004 to 2008, and Caledonia Together since 2008.

Member of the Congress of New Caledonia from 1995 to 2012 and vice-president of the Assembly of the South Province from 2004 to 2011, she was elected as member of the National Assembly for New Caledonia's 1st constituency (comprising Nouméa, Isle of Pines, and the Loyalty Islands) 17 June 2012. After being the head of the municipal opposition to the majority of mayor Jean Lèques in Nouméa, she became mayor of the city following her victory in the 2014 municipal elections.

References

  1. "Madame Sonia Lagarde : Assemblée Nationale". Assemblée Nationale (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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