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Place of Birth: Montpellier, Occitania, France
About Hélène Mandroux
- Hélène Mandroux-Colas (born 1 December 1940) is a French politician.
- A member of the Socialist Party (PS) since 1982, her career in Montpellier debuted in Georges Frêche's municipal administration.
- Frêche gave her important responsibilities such as finances, municipal staff, legal affairs since 1995, and vice-mayor from 2001.
- She became mayor of Montpellier in 2004, following the resignation of Frêche, who could not cumulate the job as mayor with his new role as President of the Languedoc-Roussillon Region.
- She defeated her UMP opponent Jacques Domergue in a three-way runoff during the 2008 French municipal elections. Within the party, she was a supporter of Ségolène Royal at the Reims Congress, and became one of Royal's major regional allies with Gérard Collomb and Jean-Noël Guérini.
- Despite being close to Frêche in the past, she has recently distanced herself from him following his notoriously controversial remarks.
- On 28 January 2010, following controversial comments made by Frêche about Laurent Fabius, Martine Aubry asked Mandroux to form a list supported by the party for the 2010 regional elections.
- Her list received the endorsement of the PS against Frêche's dissident list, but did not prevent Frêche from retaining the presidency of the region.
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