Étienne Blanc

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Étienne Blanc
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Member of the French Senate
for Rhône
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Member of the Municipal council of Lyon
Assumed office
4 July 2020
MayorGrégory Doucet
Member of the National Assembly
for Ain's 3rd constituency
In office
19 June 2002 – 10 March 2016
Preceded byCharles Millon
Succeeded byStéphanie Pernod-Beaudon
Mayor of Divonne-les-Bains
In office
20 January 1991 – 9 February 2019
Preceded byJean-Claude Pruvost
Succeeded byVincent Scattolin
Personal details
Born (1954-08-29) 29 August 1954 (age 67)
Givors, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyThe Republicans
Alma materJean Moulin University Lyon 3
ProfessionLawyer

Étienne Blanc (born 29 August 1954) is a French politician who has served as a Senator for Rhône since 2020. A member of The Republicans (LR), he previously served as Mayor of Divonne-les-Bains (1991–2019) and First Vice President of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (2016–2020); Blanc also was the member of the National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Ain from 2002 to 2016.

Biography[]

A member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which became The Republicans in 2015, Blanc represented the 3rd constituency of the Ain department in the National Assembly from 2002 until his resignation in 2016, triggered by his will to focus on his activities on the regional level. He also served as Mayor of Divonne-les-Bains from 1991 until 2019.[1]

Following the 2015 regional elections, Laurent Wauquiez was elected to the presidency of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on 4 January 2016. Blanc became his deputy, as he was elected First Vice President of the Regional Council the same day. He had previously been a regional councillor of Rhône-Alpes from 1992 to 2002.

Blanc was The Republicans' candidate for mayor of Lyon in the 2020 municipal election, in which he placed fourth. He was nevertheless elected to the municipal council. On 4 July 2020, he took office as a municipal councillor and group president in the municipal council. In the 2020 Senate election, he was elected to the Senate for Rhône. He later resigned as Wauquiez's deputy.

References[]

  1. ^ Office of the Secretary General (2012). "Étienne Blanc". Assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 2 March 2012.
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