Hélène Mandroux (born December 1, 1940 in Montpellier, France) is a French politician and doctor.
A member of the Socialist Party (PS) since 1982, her career in Montpellier debuted in Georges Frêche's municipal adminstration. Georges Frêche gave her important responsibilities such as finances, municipal staff, legal affairs since 1995, and vice-mayor from 2001. Mayor of Montpellier since 2004, following the resignation of Georges Frêche, who could not cumulate the job as mayor with his new role as President of the Regional Council Languedoc-Roussillon.
Within the party, she was a supporter of Ségolène Royal at the Reims Congress, and became one of Royal's major regional allies with Gérard Collomb and Jean-Noël Guérini.
She defeated her UMP opponent Jacques Domergue in a three-way runoff during the French municipal elections, 2008.
Despite being close to Frêche in the past, she has recently distanced herself from him, notably following his controversial remarks. On January 28, 2010, following controversial comments made by Frêche on Laurent Fabius, Martine Aubry asked Mandroux to form a list supported by the party for the 2010 regional elections. Her list received the endorsement of the PS, against Frêche's dissident list.[1]
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