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{{Short description|French politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{infobox Politician
| name         = Brigitte Le Brethon
| image        = Brigitte Le Brethon.jpg
| caption      = Brigitte Le Brethon at a meeting in 2008
| office       = [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]] of [[Caen]]
| term_start   = 24 March 2001
| term_end     = 23 March 2008
| predecessor  = [[Jean-Marie Girault]]
| successor    = [[Philippe Duron]]
| office2      = [[Deputy Mayor]] of [[Caen]]
| term_start2  = 14 March 1983
| term_end2    = 24 March 2001
| 2blankname2  = Mayor
| 2namedata2   = [[Jean-Marie Girault]]
| office3      = [[Deputy (France)|Member]] of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]<br />for [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]]'s [[Calvados's 1st constituency|1st constituency]]
| term_start3  = 19 June 2002
| term_end3    = 19 June 2007
| predecessor3 = [[Philippe Duron]]
| successor3   = Philippe Duron
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1951|03|08|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Campeaux, Calvados|Campeaux]], [[French Fourth Republic|France]]
| party        = [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]<br>[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| alma_mater   = [[University of Caen Normandy]]
| profession   = [[Teacher]]
}}

'''Brigitte Le Brethon''' (born 8 March 1951) is a French politician, and a member of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]. She was born in [[Campeaux, Calvados|Campeaux]], [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]], France.

She was the [[Mayor (France)|mayor]] of [[Caen]] from 2001 to 2008. She was Caen's first woman mayor and was defeated in [[2008 French municipal elections|2008]] by [[Philippe Duron]], a member of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]].

She was elected on 16 June [[2002 French legislative elections|2002]], for the [[List of deputies of the 12th National Assembly of France|12th legislature]] (2002–2007), in the [[Calvados's 1st constituency|First constituency of Calvados]].

==Political Office==
*14 March 1983 – 19 March 1989 : [[Deputy mayor]] of [[Caen]].
*18 March 1985 – 29 March 1992 : Vice-president of the [[Departmental Council (France)|General Council]] of [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]].
*20 March 1989 – 18 June 1995 : Deputy mayor of Caen.
*30 March 1992 – 22 March 1998 : Vice-president of the general Council of Calvados.
*19 March 1995 – 18 March 2001 : Deputy mayor of Caen.
*6 March 1998 – 15 July 2002 : Vice-president of the regional Council of [[Lower Normandy]].
*16 June 2002 – 19 June 2007 : Member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] in [[Calvados's 1st constituency]].
*24 March 2001 – 23 March 2008 : [[List of mayors of Caen|Mayor of Caen]], France.

==Sources==
*[http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/12/tribun/fiches_id/267402.asp Official site] at the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]

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| before = [[Jean-Marie Girault]]
| title  = [[List of mayors of Caen|Mayor of Caen]]
| years  = 2001–2008
| after  = [[Philippe Duron]]
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[[Category:Women members of the National Assembly (France)]]
[[Category:Regional councillors of France]]
[[Category:French general councillors]]
[[Category:Women mayors of places in France]]
[[Category:20th-century French women politicians]]
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[[Category:21st-century mayors of places in France]]
[[Category:French schoolteachers]]
[[Category:University of Caen Normandy alumni]]
[[Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour]]
[[Category:Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite]]
[[Category:Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques]]


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