Jacqueline Fraysse-Cazalis (born February 25, 1947 in Paris

Paris

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) is a French

France

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 cardiologist

Cardiology

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 and politician

Politician

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. A member of the French Communist Party

French Communist Party

The French Communist Party is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism.Although its electoral support has declined in recent decades, the PCF retains a large membership, behind only that of the Union for a Popular Movement , and considerable influence in French...

, she currently serves in the National Assembly of France, where she is a member of the Gauche démocrate et républicaine

Gauche démocrate et républicaine

The Democratic and Republican Left is a French parliamentary group in the 13th Assembly elected in 2007.This is the first time since the 1958-1962 legislature that the Communists have been unable to form an exclusive group of Communist deputies....

. She was elected to the 13th legislature

13th Legislature (France)

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 on June 17. 2007, having served in the body since 1997; she had also been a deputy between 1978 and 1986. From 1986 until 1997 she served as a senator representing the same constituency. Fraysse has also served in various capacities for the town of Nanterre

Nanterre

Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located west of the center of Paris.Nanterre is the capital of the Hauts-de-Seine department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre....

, whose mayor she was from 1988 until 2004.

In her capacity as mayor, Fraysse was overseeing a meeting of the Nanterre municipal council on March 26, 2002 when Richard Durn opened fire

Nanterre massacre

The Nanterre massacre refers to an act of mass murder that occurred on March 27, 2002, in Nanterre, France. 33-year-old gunman Richard Durn opened fire at the end of a council meeting, resulting in the deaths of 8 councilors, and the injuries of 19 others...

on the group, killing eight and wounding nineteen.

External links

• http://www.jacqueline-fraysse.fr/