Marie-Marguerite Dufay
Marie-Guite Dufay
7th President of Franche-Comté
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 January 2008
Deputy	Joseph Parrenin
In office 5 January 2008 – 24 January 2008 (as Acting President)
Preceded by	Raymond Forni
First Vice President of Franche-Comté
In office 2 April 2004 – 24 January 2008
President	Raymond Forni
Succeeded by	Joseph Parrenin
Regional Councillor from Doubs
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2004
Personal details
Born	(1949-05-21) 21 May 1949 (age 74) Paris, Île-de-France, France
Political party	Socialist Party

Marie-Marguerite Dufay (French pronunciation: [maʁi maʁɡəʁit dyfɛ]), best known as Marie-Guite Dufay (French pronunciation: [maʁi ɡit dyfɛ]; born 21 May 1949), is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who serves as president of the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Political career

Dufay was first elected to the Besançon city council in 1989. Six years later, she was appointed as deputy mayor of Besançon (1995 to 2008). In the 2004 Franche-Comté regional election, she was second in the Socialist List just after Raymond Forni. After the death of President Raymond Forni, she was elected by the assembly as President of the Region. She won the nomination to be the next socialist candidate for President of Franche-Comté in 2010.^[1]

In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Dufay endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.^[2]

Ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Dufay endorsed Emmanuel Macron.^[3]