Daniel Marsin

{{Short description|French politician}} {{Expand French|topic=gov|date=December 2008|Daniel Marsin}} '''Daniel Marsin''' (born November 13, 1951, in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the island of Guadeloupe. He is locally a member of ''Guadeloupe unie, socialisme et réalités'', and at the national level of the Modern Left, a satellite organisation of Nicolas Sarkozy' Union for a Popular Movement. He is a member of the parliamentary group European Democratic and Social Rally in the French Senate.

==Biography== After completing graduate studies in public economics and planning at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University and specializing in public and private management, he pursued a career as an inspector and senior bank executive.

In September 1995, he became mayor of Les Abymes following the sudden death of René-Serge Nabajoth, for whom he had served as first deputy mayor. Re-elected in 2001, he lost the mayoral seat in 2008, defeated by Éric Jalton.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Résultat Les Abymes (97139) aux Elections Municipales 2020|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/guadeloupe_971/les-abymes_97139|website=Franceinfo}}</ref>

A member of the National Assembly representing Guadeloupe's 1st constituency from 1997 to 2002, he was defeated in the 2002 legislative elections following divisions within the left.

A senator since 2004,<ref>{{cite web|language=fr-FR|title=Résultats des élections sénatoriales 2004|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Senatoriales/elecresult__senatoriales_2004|website=interieur.gouv.fr}}</ref> he is a member of the European Democratic and Social Rally group(RDSE). In the Senate, he serves as vice-chair of the Committee on the Economy, Sustainable Development, and Regional Planning, deputy chair of the France-West Africa Group, and a member of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Overseas State Policies.

He ran again in the 2011 Senate elections but did not advance to the second round.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr-FR|title=Résultats des élections sénatoriales 2011|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Senatoriales/elecresult__senatoriales_2011|website=interieur.gouv.fr}}</ref>

==Bibliography== *[http://www.senat.fr/senfic/marsin_daniel04096s.html Page on the French Senate website]

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