Michèle SABBAN

Vice-President of the Regional Council of Ile-de-France, in charge of Staff, general administration and procurement contracts

President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER)

Born 28 June 1954 in Kef, Tunisia
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts - Fine Arts Degree 

Vice-President of the Regional Council of Ile-de-France - in charge of General administration and staff from 1998 to 2010. Re-elected on March the 21st 2010 as Vice-President of the Regional Council of Ile-de-France in charge of Staff, general administration and procurement contracts;

Elected President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) at the General Assembly in Tampere in November 2008. Ile-de-France Region has been an AER member since 1998;

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Within the AER, Michèle Sabban is working to improve the recognition of Regions as major actors in designing and implementing fair and efficient public policies, most notably in the fields of climate change, youth mobility and economic development of European territories;

As representative of the largest interregional association in wider Europe, she has extensively participated in the work and activities of international networks engaged in the fight against climate change, and she has participated in the Climate Group's activities at the Copenhagen Summit.