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François Zocchetto
Mayor of Laval
In office
2014–2020
Member of the French Senate for Mayenne
In office
2001–2017
Personal details
Born (1958-12-14) 14 December 1958 (age 66)
Laval, France
Political partyUDI
Alma materESCP Europe
Sciences Po

François Zocchetto (born 14 December 1958) is a French lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Senate of France from 2001 until 2017, representing the Mayenne department. He is a member of the Centrist Alliance and caucuses with the Centrist Union. In 2019, he joined independent law firm De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés in Paris as a partner.

Career in the private sector

A chartered accountant, Zocchetto began his private career with an audit/accounting and statutory auditor firm, and then founded in 1987 a law firm in business law for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in Paris and Western France.

Political career

In the 2012 French presidential election, Zocchetto supported François Bayrou before endorsing Nicolas Sarkozy in the election's second round.

In 2013, Jean-Louis Borloo of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) included Zocchetto in his shadow cabinet; in this capacity, he served as opposition counterpart to Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira.

References

  1. "François Zocchetto". De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. François Zocchetto De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés.
  3. François Zocchetto De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés.
  4. L'UDI de Borloo se dote d'un contre-gouvernement L'Express, June 15, 2013.
Senators of France (2020–2023)
1 October 2020 – 1 October 2023


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