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Annick Petrus: school principal and senator for Saint-Martin (2020–2026)

A profile of Annick Petrus, the Saint-Martin school principal and territorial councillor who served as the island's senator in the French Senate from 2020 to 2026.

By SXM Daily ·

Annick Petrus is a school principal and politician who represented Saint-Martin in the French Senate from 27 September 2020 to 30 September 2026. Before and alongside her Senate term she served on the Territorial Council of the Collectivité de Saint-Martin.

Annick Petrus, senator of Saint-Martin, January 2021

Photo: LindsayFly, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Background

The French Senate gives her date of birth as 5 January 1961.

Education career

The Senate lists her profession as school principal ("directrice d'école"). The Collectivité also notes that she is a volunteer firefighter officer, with the rank of lieutenant.

Territorial councillor

She was elected to the Territorial Council in 2017 on Daniel Gibbs's Union pour la Démocratie list and became third vice-president, responsible for solidarity, families and education, according to the Collectivité.

Senator for Saint-Martin

Petrus won the Senate seat on 27 September 2020. In the Senate she sat with the Les Républicains group, was a secretary of the Social Affairs Committee and a vice-president of the Overseas Delegation, according to the Senate.

In the September 2026 Senate election she received 3 votes in the first round and was not re-elected; Daniel Gibbs succeeded her, according to the Senate's results. Her term ended on 30 September 2026.

Sources

  • https://www.senat.fr/senateur/petrus_annick20148f.html
  • https://www.com-saint-martin.fr/elus/annick-petrus
  • https://senatoriales2026.senat.fr/departement/978-saint-martin
  • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annick_PETRUS_-S%C3%A9natrice_de_Saint-Martin(cropped).jpg

Source: https://www.senat.fr/senateur/petrus_annick20148f.html

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