Catherine Deroche

Catherine Deroche
Member of the French Senate
for Maine-et-Loire
Assumed office
12 October 2010
Preceded byChristian Gaudin
Mayor of Bouchemaine
In office
1999–2008
Preceded byChristian Mettelet
Succeeded byAnne-Sophie Hocquet de Lajartre
Personal details
Born (1953-02-24) 24 February 1953 (age 71)
Beaupréau, France
Political partyThe Republicans

Catherine Deroche (born 24 February 1953) is a French politician. She represents the department of Maine-et-Loire in the French Senate as a Union for a Popular Movement member.[1]

Deroche was mayor of Bouchemaine from 1999 to 2008. She also served as chair of the Association départementale des maires. She is a member of the Regional council and secretary for the UMP in Maine-et-Loire.[2]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Deroche publicly declared her support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.[3]

  1. ^ "Mme Catherine Deroche" (in French). Senate of France.
  2. ^ "Elections sénatoriales : les biographies des élus". Le Monde (in French). September 25, 2011.
  3. ^ Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite Le Figaro.