title: Michel Sainte-Marie
text: # Michel Sainte-Marie
  
  Michel Sainte-Marie (18 August 1938 – 27 February 2019) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Gironde department, and was a member of the Socialist, radical, citizen and miscellaneous left (SRC) party.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Before entering politics, Sainte-Marie was a high school teacher of mathematics, physics and chemistry.
  
  From 1974 to 2014 he was mayor of Mérignac, a commune in the Gironde. Concurrently, from 1977 to 1983 he was president of Bordeaux Métropole, a grouping of communes centred on the city of Bordeaux.
  
  From 1973 to 2012, he was a member of the National Assembly for Gironde's 6th constituency, sitting as a member of the SRC group. He was a member of the Commission de la Défense nationale et des Forces armées [fr] (National Defense and Armed Forces Commission) and was President of the France – Oman friendship group.
  
  