Viviane Artigalas

Viviane Artigalas (born 22 October 1956) is a French politician of the Socialist Party. She became a senator for Hautes-Pyrénées in October 2017. Career Artigalas started her political career as a municipal councillor of Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne. She supported candidate Ségolène Royal in the 2007 presidential election. Artigalas was elected mayor of Arrens-Marsous, Hautes-Pyrénées in 2012 and re-elected in 2014. She was the deputy chairwoman of the Val d'Azun community of communes from 2008 to 2016, then a member of the Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves community of communes in 2017. Besides, she was a regional councillor of Midi-Pyrénées between 2010 and 2015 and became the deputy chairwoman of the Midi-Pyrénées Regional Council. Artigalas stood in the 2011 cantonal election in the canton of Aucun but was defeated by Marc Léo.