Xavier Breton

Xavier Breton
Xavier Breton at La Manif pour tous in 2013.
Member of the National Assembly
for Ain's 1st constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 June 2007
Preceded byJean-Michel Bertrand
Regional councillor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 January 2016
PresidentLaurent Wauquiez
Vice president of the agglomeration community of Bourg-en-Bresse
In office
1 January 2002 – 16 March 2008
PresidentMichel Buellet
1st deputy mayor of Bourg-en-Bresse
In office
19 March 2001 – 16 March 2008
Personal details
Born (1962-11-25) 25 November 1962 (age 62)
Darney, Vosges, France
Political partyLR (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations		UMP (before 2015)
Residence(s)Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain
Alma materSciences Po
ProfessionTerritorial executive
Websitewww.xavierbreton.fr

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

  1. ^ "Notices et portraits des députés" (PDF). Assemblée nationale. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (April 20, 2016), Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires L'Opinion.
  3. ^ Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite Le Figaro.
  4. ^ "Législatives. 1re circonscription : Xavier Breton, le dernier survivant des Républicains de l'Ain". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-21.