Christophe Plassard
Christophe Plassard | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Charente-Maritime's 5th constituency | |
Assumed office June 22, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Didier Quentin |
Personal details | |
Born | La Garenne-Colombes, France | 19 November 1967
Political party | Union for a Popular Movement
Ensemble coalition.[1]
Early life and careerPlassard spent his childhood in the Paris suburbs. He then left the Paris region for Royan, where he settled. He runs a business specializing in corporate advertising.[1] For 15 years, he was a member of the Centre de jeunes Dirigeants du Poitou, of which he was also president.[2] He was then co-president of the Club d'Entreprises de Royan and vice-president of the Conseil Économique Social et Environnemental Régional Nouvelle-Aquitaine.[2] Political careerPolitically, Plassard first joined the Union for a Popular Movement and became part of the Joppéist movement. He ran for mayor of Royan in 2008 and 2010 (partial municipal election), but failed both times.[1][2] He joined the ranks of Emmanuel Macron's party and became an opposition municipal councillor in Royan in 2020.[1][2] Initially a member of Franck Riester's Agir party, he later joined Édouard Philippe's Horizons party.[3][4] Member of the National Assembly, 2022–presentDesignated by Horizons as part of the Ensemble coalition in the fifth constituency of Charente-Maritime for the 2022 legislative elections, with Vanessa Parent, councillor for Rassemblement National.[1] Édouard Philippe supported him between the two rounds.[5] Plassard won the second round with 51.74% of the votes cast against the Rassemblement National candidate.[1] In this traditional right-wing bastion, he succeeds Didier Quentin (LR), who was eliminated in the first round.[1][5]
In parliament, Plassard has since been serving on the Finance Committee and the Committee on European Affairs.[6] In addition to his committee assignments, Plassard has been a member of the French Parliamentary Friendship Groups with the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Greece.[7] He has also been part of the French delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.[8] References
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