Nathalie Gautier

Nathalie Gautier (23 September 1951 – 1 September 2006) was a French politician of the Socialist Party. She was a councillor for the Lyon urban community from 1989 as well as a general councillor for the in the Rhône region between 1990 and 2001. Gautier represented Rhône's 6th constituency of the National Assembly from 2002 till her death from cancer in 2006.

Early life and education Gautier was born in La Tronche, Isère on 23 September 1951. She graduated from the with a master's degree in geography and a master's degree in political science at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies. Gautier would go on to work under four successive mayors, She had responsibility or green spaces, urban planning and later urban landscapes. Gautier won election and took up her seat on 19 June 2002. Gautier had planned to stand for re-election at the 2007 French legislative election but was succeeded by upon her death. Gautier died of cancer on 1 September 2006. Her funeral took place in Villeurbanne on the morning of 6 September.