Xavier Breton
Xavier Breton | |
|---|---|
 Xavier Breton at La Manif pour tous in 2013. | |
| Deputy for Ain's 1st constituency | |
| In office 20 June 2007 – 9 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Michel Bertrand |
| Regional councillor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Assumed office 4 January 2016 | |
| President | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Vice president of the agglomeration community of Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| In office 1 January 2002 – 16 March 2008 | |
| President | Michel Buellet |
| 1st deputy mayor of Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| In office 19 March 2001 – 16 March 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1962 Darney, Vosges, France |
| Political party | LR (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | UMP (before 2015) |
| Residence(s) | Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po Paris |
| Profession | Territorial executive |
| Website | www |
Xavier Breton (born 25 November 1962 in Darney, Vosges) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been deputy for Ain's 1st constituency from 2007 to 2024 and regional councillor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016.[1]
In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Breton endorsed François Fillon as the party’s candidate for the office of President of France.[2] Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.[3] He was re-elected at the 2022 French legislative election.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Notices et portraits des députés" (PDF). Assemblée nationale. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ Ludovic Vigogne (April 20, 2016), Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires L'Opinion.
- ^ Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite Le Figaro.
- ^ "Législatives. 1re circonscription : Xavier Breton, le dernier survivant des Républicains de l'Ain". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Darney
- Union for a Popular Movement politicians
- The Republicans (France) politicians
- Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Members of Parliament for Ain
- Regional councillors of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- French city councillors