Alexandre Varaut
Alexandre Varaut | |
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| File:Alexandre Varaut par Claude Truong-Ngoc mars 2015.jpg Varaut in 2015 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for France | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| In office 17 December 1999 – 19 July 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Philippe de Villiers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1966 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Party | National Rally |
| Other political affiliations | Patriots for Europe |
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Alexandre Varaut (born 18 January 1966) is a French lawyer and politician of the National Rally who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1] He was previously member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, representing the Movement for France.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Varaut was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1966,[3] as the son of Jean-Marc Varaut.[4] Having been a fierce opponent of the Maastricht Treaty of 1992, he joined the Movement for France in 1995, shortly after the 1995 French presidential election.[1] He became a member of the European Parliament in 1999, after Philippe de Villiers resigned his seat.[5] In 2004 he was a candidate in the French regional elections, and in the 2007 legislative election he contested Seine-Saint-Denis's 5th constituency.[1] He was appointed national secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement in 2013,[4] and held the position for 18 months.[6]
Varaut has been described as "the National Rally's favorite lawyer."[2] He has represented Marine Le Pen, David Rachline, Frédéric Chatillon, Guillaume Peltier and La Manif pour Tous, among others.[1] In 2018 he became an advisor to Le Pen, as a member of Les Horaces.[7] He joined the National Rally in 2022.[7]
References
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- National Rally politicians
- National Rally MEPs
- Movement for France politicians
- Movement for France MEPs
- Union for a Popular Movement politicians
- MEPs for France 1999–2004
- MEPs for France 2024–2029
- 20th-century French politicians
- Candidates for the 2007 French legislative election
- 21st-century French lawyers