Roland Courteau is a member of the Senate of France, representing the department of Aude

Aude

Aude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country".Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine, and mother...

. He is a member of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

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In the Senate, he sits on the Commission for Economic Affairs, and he is a member of the Delegation on the rights of women, and equality of opportunity between men and women.

Before entering the Senate in 1980, he worked as a teacher

Teacher

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, and served as a Councillor, and Vice President on the General Council of Aude.