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Laurent Wauquiez
Wauquiez in 2021

President of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
In office 4 January 2016 – 23 August 2024
Preceded by	René Souchon (Auvergne) Jean-Jack Queyranne (Rhône-Alpes)
Succeeded by	Fabrice Pannekoucke
President of The Republicans
In office 10 December 2017 – 2 June 2019
Preceded by	Nicolas Sarkozy
Succeeded by	Christian Jacob
Minister of Higher Education and Research
In office 29 June 2011 – 10 May 2012
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Valérie Pécresse
Succeeded by	Geneviève Fioraso
Minister for European Affairs
In office 14 November 2010 – 29 June 2011
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Pierre Lellouche
Succeeded by	Geneviève Fioraso
Mayor of Puy-en-Velay
In office 14 March 2008 – 29 January 2016
Preceded by	Arlette Arnaud-Landau
Succeeded by	Michel Chapuis
Government Spokesman
In office 18 June 2007 – 18 March 2008
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Christine Albanel
Succeeded by	Luc Chatel
Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Loire's 1st constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2024
Preceded by	Isabelle Valentin
In office 20 June 2012 – 21 June 2017
Preceded by	Jean-Pierre Marcon
Succeeded by	Isabelle Valentin
In office 5 July 2004 – 19 July 2007
Preceded by	Jacques Barrot
Succeeded by	Jean-Pierre Marcon
President of the Republican Right group in the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2024
Preceded by	Olivier Marleix

Personal details
Born	Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (1975-04-12) 12 April 1975 (age 49) Lyon, France
Political party	LR (since 2015)
Other political affiliations	UMP (2004–2015)
Spouse	Charlotte Deregnaucourt (m. 2001)
Children	2
Alma mater	École normale supérieure Panthéon-Sorbonne University Sciences Po École nationale d'administration

Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (French pronunciation: [lɔʁɑ̃ timɔte maʁi vokje]; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from 2016 to 2024. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the resignation of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Wauquiez was Secretary of State for European Affairs under the Foreign Minister Alain Juppé; and previously Secretary of State for Employment under the Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment from March 2008 in François Fillon's government. He also was Government Spokesman from June 2007 to March 2008 as Minister of State under the Prime Minister. He was elected as 2nd Vice President of the ORU Fogar at the organisation's General Assembly held in Quito, Ecuador on 16 October 2016.

On 10 December 2017, Wauquiez was elected to the presidency of The Republicans with 74% of the vote. Pundits have described him as moving the party to the right. On 2 June 2019, a week after overseeing the worst result for the right in its history in the European election with 8% of the vote, Wauquiez resigned as party president.

Early life and education

Wauquiez graduated from the École normale supérieure in 1994 and Université Panthéon-Sorbonne with a masters in history and studied public law at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po); he later attended the École nationale d'administration (ÉNA). He worked as professor at Emlyon Business School.

Political career

Wauquiez held several governmental positions over the course of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency. He was named the Secretary of State for Employment in 2008 and also functioned as the government spokesman. He later served as Minister of European Affairs and of Higher Education. In 2012, he was re-elected to the National Assembly and became head of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in 2015.

On 10 December 2017, Wauquiez was elected as the president of The Republicans, winning over Maël de Calan and Florence Portelli. During his time in office, he overrode party scepticism to appoint François-Xavier Bellamy to lead the LR list in the European elections. He resigned in June 2019, bowing to pressure to step down after a his party’s weak performance in the elections.

In August 2021, Wauquiez decided not to run as the Republicans’s candidate in the 2022 presidential election.

Ahead of the Republicans' 2022 convention, Wauquiez endorsed Éric Ciotti as the party's chairman.

Personal life

Wauquiez is known for wearing a red parka coat.

List of mandates and functions

Governmental functions

Minister of Higher Education and Research: 2011-2012

Minister for European Affairs: 2010-2011

Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, Government Spokesperson: 2007-2008

Secretary of State for Employment: 2008-2010

Electoral mandates

National Assembly of France

Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Loire's 1st constituency : 2004-2007 (He became secretary of State in 2007) / Since 2012. Elected in 2004 (by-election), reelected in 2007 and 2012.

Regional Council

President of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : since 2016

Municipal Council

Mayor of Le Puy-en-Velay : 2008-2016 (Resignation). Reelected in 2014.

Municipal councillor of Le Puy-en-Velay : 2008-2016 (Resignation). Reelected in 2014.

Notes and references

Notes

Acting: 23 August 2016 – 29 November 2016

References

"Laurent Wauquiez dénonce "la myopie politique" de Martine Aubry". Les Échos (in French). 13 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
Matthieu Goar (10 December 2017). "Laurent Wauquiez prend la tête du parti Les Républicains". Le Monde. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^ "France's centre-right offers no serious opposition to Emmanuel Macron". The Economist. 12 October 2017.
"Laurent Wauquiez démissionne de la présidence des Républicains". Le Figaro. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr, ESR. "Biographie de Laurent Wauquiez - ESR : enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr". www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-14.
figaro, le (14 September 2018). "Laurent Wauquiez va redonner des cours à l'EM Lyon". Le Figaro Etudiant (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
^ "Laurent Wauquiez: The hardliner leading France's Les Republicains farther right - France 24". France 24. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
"Laurent Wauquiez entre au gouvernement comme secrétaire d'Etat à l'Emploi". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-14.
Goar, Matthieu (2017-12-10). "Laurent Wauquiez élu président du parti Les Républicains". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (10 December 2017), France’s Republicains elect former EU affairs minister as leader Financial Times.
Harriet Agnew (2 June 2019), Leader of France’s centre-right party quits after dismal elections Financial Times.
Grégoire Poussielgue (26 August 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Wauquiez renonce, Ciotti et Barnier se lancent Les Echos.
Victor Mallet (27 August 2021), Michel Barnier makes bid for French presidency Financial Times.
Victor Boiteau (30 November 2022), Présidence LR : Wauquiez réaffirme son soutien à Ciotti Libération.

External links

Official government profile (in French)

Political offices
Preceded byValérie Pécresse	Minister of Higher Education and Research 2011–2012	Succeeded byGeneviève Fioraso

Current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Laurent Wauquiez (LR)
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Marie-Guite Dufay (PS)
Brittany: Loïg Chesnais-Girard (DVG)
Centre-Val de Loire: François Bonneau (PS)
Corsica: Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis (FAC)
Grand Est: Franck Leroy (LR)

Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Alain Rousset (PS)
French Guiana: Gabriel Serville (PG)
Guadeloupe: Ary Chalus (PS)
Île-de-France: Valérie Pécresse (LR)
Martinique: Claude Lise (PPM)

Occitania: Carole Delga (PS)
Hauts-de-France: Xavier Bertrand (DVD)
Normandy: Hervé Morin (LR)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: Renaud Muselier (LR)
Pays de la Loire: Christelle Morançais (LR)
Réunion: Didier Robert (LR)

DVD: Miscellaneous right ◌ FAC: Femu a Corsica ◌ LR: The Republicans ◌ PG: Péyi Guyane ◌ PPM: Martinican Progressive Party ◌ PRG: Radical Party of the Left ◌ PS: Socialist Party ◌ PSG: Guianese Socialist Party

v t e The Republicans
Predecessors	Rally of the French People (1947–1955) National Centre of Social Republicans (1954–1958) Union for the New Republic (1958–1967) Union of Democrats for the Republic (1967–1976) Rally for the Republic (1976–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
Presidents	Nicolas Sarkozy (2015–2016) Laurent Wauquiez (2016 ad interim, 2017–2019) Jean Leonetti (2019 ad interim) Christian Jacob (2019–2022) Annie Genevard (2022 ad interim) Éric Ciotti (2022–present)
Secretaries-general	Laurent Wauquiez (2015) Éric Woerth (2015–2016) Bernard Accoyer (2016–2017) Annie Genevard (2017–2019) Aurélien Pradié (2019–present)
Presidential candidates	François Fillon (2017) Valérie Pécresse (2022)
Elections	2016 presidential primary 2017 leadership election 2019 leadership election 2021 presidential primary 2022 leadership election
Parliamentary groups	National Assembly Senate

v t e Union for a Popular Movement
Predecessors	Rally of the French People (1947–1955) National Centre of Social Republicans (1954–1958) Union for the New Republic (1958–1967) Union of Democrats for the Republic (1967–1976) Rally for the Republic (1976–2002)
Presidents	Alain Juppé (2002–2004) Nicolas Sarkozy (2004–2007) Jean-François Copé (2012–2014) Nicolas Sarkozy (2014–2015)
Vice Presidents	Jean-Claude Gaudin (2002–2007) Luc Chatel (2012–2014) Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (2014–2015)
Secretaries-General	Philippe Douste-Blazy (2002–2004) Pierre Méhaignerie (2004–2007) Patrick Devedjian (2007–2008) Xavier Bertrand (2008–2010) Jean-François Copé (2010–2012) Michèle Tabarot (2012–2014) Luc Chatel (2014) Laurent Wauquiez (2014–2015)
Presidential candidates	Jacques Chirac (2002) Nicolas Sarkozy (2007, 2012)
Prime Ministers	Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2002–2005) Dominique de Villepin (2005–2007) François Fillon (2007–2012)
Congresses	2002 2004 2012
Movements	The Strong Right The Social Right Modern and Humanist France Gaullism, a way forward for France The Popular Right

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