Birth Date: | 22 June 1974 |
Term Start1: | 25 April 2016 |
Term End1: | 20 June 2017 |
Parliamentarygroup: | Socialist |
Karine Daniel, born 22 June 1974 in Nantes, is a French politician and economist. She was the deputy for Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency in the National Assembly of France from 2016 to 2017.
Born to a farming family from Guémené-Penfao,[1] she spent her youth in rural areas.
She studied at the Guy-Mocquet high school in Châteaubriant, obtained a general university studies diploma (DEUG) at the University of Nantes, then a licentiate and master's degree in Montpellier. She also holds a diploma of in-depth studies (DEA) in the economics of the food system and the environment (1997, University of Montpellier 1), a doctorate in economics (2001, University Panthéon-Sorbonne) and completed a university year in Iowa in the United States. She was a teacher-researcher at the Higher School of Agriculture in Angers (ESA) and was accredited to supervise research (HDR, University of Angers).[2]
Married, she has two daughters[3] and lives in the Bellevue district, located between Nantes and Saint-Herblain.
Daniel joined the Nantes-Ouest section of the Socialist Party (PS) in 2000.[4] In 2008, she was elected from the Bellevue - Chantenay - Sainte-Anne district and as a deputy mayor of Nantes in charge of higher education, research, Europe and international relations. She was also vice-president of Nantes Metropolis responsible for international relations, Europe, higher education and research from 2012.
At the 77th congress of the Socialist Party [fr], she proposed Motion D, La Fabrique socialiste.
On 11 February 2016, Jean-Marc Ayrault was appointed Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs. His substitute, Jean-Pierre Fougerat, having died, a by-election for Loire-Atlantique's 3rd constituency was held on 24 April. This was won by Karine Daniel with 55.44% of the vote against Mathieu Annereau. This victory was obtained with 75% of voters abstaining, and 12% of blank or null votes.[5]
To avoid 'cumulation of mandates', she then resigned her municipal and metropolitan positions.[6]
In the 2017 election, she was eliminated in the first round, behind the second round winner, Anne-France Brunet of LREM and also Martine Gourdon of La France Insoumise.[7]