Nathalie Gautier
Nathalie Gautier was a French politician of the Socialist Party. She was a councillor for the Lyon urban community from 1989 as well as a general councillor for the in the Rhône region between 1990 and 2001. Gautier represented Rhône's 6th constituency of the National Assembly from 2002 till her death from cancer in 2006.
Early life and education
Gautier was born in La Tronche, Isère on 23 September 1951. She graduated from the with a master's degree in geography and a master's degree in political science at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies. Gautier also obtained a Diplôme d'Études Supérieur Appliqué in Urban Planning and Development as well as a certificate of aptitude for secondary school teachers in Training Engineering.Career
She was first elected to the municipal council alongside Charles Hernu as deputy mayor of Villeurbanne in 1983. Gautier would go on to work under four successive mayors, and served as a councillor for the Lyon urban community from 1989 as well as a general councillor for the in the Rhône region between 1990 and 2001. She had responsibility or green spaces, urban planning and later urban landscapes. Gautier was chair of the urban planning commission for Greater Lyon.At the 2002 French legislative election, she stood for election to the National Assembly as a deputy of Rhône's 6th constituency as a member of the Socialist Party. Gautier won election and took up her seat on 19 June 2002. She was president of the France–Latvia friendship group and a member of the National Assembly's. Gautier was also a member of the Special Committee to Examine the Draft Law on Economic Initiative and was a member of various study groups on such as housing, employment, urban policy, women's rights and education. She was president of Segapal, the semi-public company that managed and ran the Miribel-Jonage Nature Park. Gautier had planned to stand for re-election at the 2007 French legislative election but was succeeded by upon her death.