Charles Fournier

Charles Fournier
Fournier in 2023
Member of the National Assembly
for Indre-et-Loire's 1st constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded byPhilippe Chalumeau
Personal details
Born
Nicolas Thierry

(1968-03-10) 10 March 1968 (age 56)
Romorantin-Lanthenay, Loir-et-Cher, France
Political partyEurope Ecology – The Greens
Other political
affiliations		NUPES
OccupationConsultant

Charles Fournier (born 10 March 1968) is a French politician. A member of the EELV, he was elected Member of Parliament for Indre-et-Loire's 1st constituency during the 2022 French legislative election.

Biography

Fournier was born in Romorantin in Loir-et-Cher to an electrician father who became a physiotherapist[1] and a mother who worked as a teacher.[2] Charles Fournier continued his studies in regional planning and then geography in Tours.[3] He is the father of two daughters and a trainer in a cooperative.[1]

Political career

Charles Fournier became politically involved during his studies in Tours, with an association for the defence of the unemployed.[1]

He had his first electoral experience at the age of 30, running in the 1998 French regional elections on the “Social Emergency” list, from the unemployed workers' movement, in the regional elections in Tours.[3] The list brings together less than 2% of the votes.[1]

In the 2001 French municipal elections, he was a candidate for municipal elections in Tours. Shortly after, he joined the Greens for the presidential campaign of Noël Mamère in 2002.[2][3] In 2010, he became EELV regional advisor then was re-elected in 2015 and 2021. During these last two elections, he was the “list leader” of the so-called environmentalist group.[4][5][6] From July 2015 to December 2022, he is one of the vice-presidents of the Centre-Val de Loire region alongside the majority of François Bonneau (PS).[3][2][7] At the regional council, he was mainly involved in the social and solidarity economy, community life, and democratic participation, climate and ecological transition.[3][2] He campaigns to link ecology and social issues, believing that “the absence of ecology is a collective punishment and always first for the most vulnerable". In December 2022, Charles Fournier resigned from his mandate as regional elected official.[6]

Fournier lived the majority of his life in Tours before settling in Blois from 2008.[8] He returns to Tours at the beginning of 2022 for personal reasons and is a candidate for the nomination of EELV for the legislative elections.[9][3]

Fournier becomes the candidate designated by the New Ecological and Social People's Union in Indre-et-Loire's 1st constituency for the 2022 French legislative election, he topped the poll in the first round, with 39.6% of the votes cast, ahead of the incumbent MP Philippe Chalumeau who was running for the Ensemble group. In the second round, he won the seat with 53.51% of the votes casts.[3][2] He resigned six months later from the regional council, Jérémie Godet [Wikidata] replaced him as vice-president.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jordan Pouille (22 June 2022). "Assemblée nationale : pour Charles Fournier, pas d'écologie sans justice sociale". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2022..
  2. ^ a b c d e Hermans, Thomas (19 June 2022). "Résultats législatives 2022 : qui est Charles Fournier, nouveau député écologiste de la 1ère circonscription d'Indre-et-Loire". France3 (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Résultats élections législatives 2022 : Indre-et-Loire (37)". France Bleu (in French). 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ D.Cros (24 November 2015). "Huit candidats en campagne : portrait de Charles Fournier, tête de liste EELV-Nouvelle Donne". France 3 Centre-Val de Loire (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  5. ^ Abline, Philippe (1 October 2015). "Charles Fournier, conseiller régional sortant, chef de file d'EELV : meneur de jeu et partisan du collectif". Le Berry républicain. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b Etienne Merle (15 December 2022). "Charles Fournier démissionne son mandat à la Région Centre-Val de Loire". France 3 Centre-Val de Loire (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  7. ^ Eric Richard (2 July 2021). "François Bonneau et quatorze vice-présidents pour diriger la région Centre-Val de Loire". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  8. ^ Vezon, Jean-Luc (4 March 2022). "Région: Charles Fournier (EELV) fait sa transition vers Tours". MagCentre (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ^ Veillé, Pierre (15 February 2022). "Indre-et-Loire : l'écologiste Charles Fournier veut se présenter aux législatives". La Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ^ Bertrand Slezak (20 June 2022). "Jérémie Godet va remplacer Charles Fournier à la vice-présidence de la Région Centre". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

See also