Marie-Arlette Carlotti

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Marie-Arlette Carlotti
Marie-Arlette Carlotti in 2012
Member of the French Senate for Bouches-du-Rhône
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2020
Minister Delegate to Disabled people
In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Succeeded by	Ségolène Neuville
Member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône's 5th constituency
In office 20 June 2012 – 20 June 2017
Preceded by	Renaud Muselier
Succeeded by	Cathy Racon-Bouzon
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-21) 21 January 1952 (age 72) Béziers, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Paul Cézanne University IAE Aix-en-Provence

Marie-Arlette Carlotti (French pronunciation: [maʁi aʁlɛt kaʁlɔti]; born 21 January 1952 in Béziers) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the French Senate since 2020, representing Bouches-du-Rhône. She previously was a Member of the European Parliament from south-east of France.

• Specialised postgraduate diploma in law (1979)
• Specialised postgraduate diploma in human resource management (1986)

Educated at Paul Cézanne University in Marseille, France

• Company executive in the aeronautical industry (since 1991)

• Member of the Socialist Party national executive and national secretary (1986-1994)
• national delegate (since 1998)
• Member of the Bouches-du-Rhône Departmental Council representing the Canton of Marseille-Les Cinq-Avenues(since 1988)

As member of the Party of European Socialists, Carlotti served on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.^[1] In this capacity, she served as the parliament's rapporteur on the role of migration for development in 2006.^[2] She was a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs.^[3]

In addition to her committee assignments, Carlotti was a vice-chair of the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the delegations for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, and to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.^[4]

Carlotti was one of six Members of the European Parliament participating in the European Union's observer mission in Togo for the October 2007 Togolese parliamentary election.^[5]

On 16 May 2012 Carlotti was appointed by President François Hollande as Junior Minister for the Disabled at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, in the government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.^[6]

• Deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône's 5th constituency in the National Assembly

Ahead of the 2014 French municipal elections, Carlotti announced her intention to become the Socialist Party's candidate to challenge incumbent Mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin; however, she lost her party's primaries against Patrick Mennucci and Samia Ghali.^[7]

In the Socialist Party's 2018 convention in Aubervilliers, Carlotti publicly endorsed Stéphane Le Foll as candidate for the party's leadership.^[8]

In the Senate, Carlotti serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense.^[9]

• Official website (in French)
• Declaration of financial interests^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in French; PDF file)