Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent

Hermeline Malherbe, born Hermeline Laurent on February 18, 1969 in Carvin (Pas-de-Calais), is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, she has been president of the departmental council of Pyrénées-Orientales since November 21, 2010 and senator for Pyrénées-Orientales from 2014 to 2017, the day after the death of Christian Bourquin, for whom she was the substitute. Biography A former member of the Revolutionary Communist Youth, she joined Ecology Generation when it was created in 1990. She became a socialist member in 2007 in the Catalan federation of the Socialist Party. She was excluded in 2010 because of her support for Georges Frêche during the regional elections and then reinstated in November 2011. Hermeline Malherbe was elected for the first time, in Seine-et-Marne in 2001 as the municipal councilor of Meaux. Arriving in 2005 in Pyrénées-Orientales, she was elected general councilor from the canton of Perpignan-8 in 2008. She chaired the commission for sustainable development and access for people with disabilities at the General Council.