Micheline Jacques

Micheline Jacques (born 8 October 1971) is a French Barthélemois politician. She has served in the French Senate for Saint Barthélemy since 1 October 2020 as a member of The Republicans (LR). Jacques is the first woman to represent Saint Barthélemy in the national Senate since the seat's creation in 2008.

Biography Jacques is the third vice-president of Saint Barthélemy as a member of the island's Territorial Council. During the 2017 French legislative election for Saint Barthélemy and Saint-Martin's 1st constituency, Micheline Jacques campaigned on behalf of National Assembly candidate Claire Guion-Firmin, who won the second round with 55% of the vote to defeat the nominee from the La République En Marche! party.

In 2020, incumbent Senator Michel Magras of the LR declined to seek re-election.

Petrus took office on 1 October 2020, becoming the first woman to represent Saint Martin in the French Senate. She sits within the LR parliamentary group.