Jacques Bompard
Jacques Bompard | |
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President of the League of the South | |
Assumed office 23 June 2010 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Mayor of Orange | |
Assumed office 25 June 1995 | |
Preceded by | Alain Labé |
Member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse | |
In office 20 June 2012 – 21 August 2017 | |
Preceded by | Thierry Mariani |
Succeeded by | Marie-France Lorho |
Constituency | 4th |
In office 2 April 1986 – 14 May 1988 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | Montpellier, France | 24 February 1943
Nationality | French |
Political party | League of the South (2010–present) |
Other political affiliations | National Front (1972–2005) Movement for France (2005–2010) |
Alma mater | University of Montpellier |
Profession | Dentist |
Jacques Bompard (born 24 February 1943) is a French politician who has presided over the League of the South (LS) since its foundation in 2010. He has been Mayor of Orange since 1995. Bompard also served as a member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse from 1986 to 1988, elected at-large, before returning from 2012 until 2017, when he represented its 4th constituency.
Early life[]
Jacques Bompard was born on 24 February 1943 in Montpellier. He studied dentistry at the University of Montpellier.
Career[]
Bompard was elected Mayor of Orange in 1995; he was reelected in 2001, 2008, 2014 and 2020.[1]
He was originally a member of Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front (FN), but left the party in 2005. He joined Philippe de Villiers's Movement for France (MPF) later that year. In 2010 he left the MPF, claiming that the party had grown too close to the presidential Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. Following the 2010 regional election, Bompard founded the League of the South (LS), a far-right party close to the Bloc identitaire.
He was elected as a member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse in 1986 on a National Front at-large list. He was reelected in 2012 and 2017 in the department's 4th constituency; he was succeeded by his substitute Marie-France Lorho soon thereafter following his resignation to focus on his mayorship.
For the 2022 presidential election, he has been a vocal supporter of a potential Éric Zemmour candidacy.
Personal life[]
Jacques Bompard is married to Marie-Claude Bompard (née Pelletier), who has served as Mayor of Bollène since 2008.
Bibliography[]
- L'Arme alimentaire - Réponse à l'assassinat prémédité du monde rural (with Marie-Claude Bompard, Editions du Cerce).
- France, ton agriculture doit vivre (Editions du Cerce, 1987).
- Main basse sur l'agriculture (Editions du Cerce, 1989).
- Voyage autour de la femme, d'Eve à Benazir (with Marie-Claude Bompard, Barthélémy, 1991).
- Un maire au créneau. Orange, une ville gérée autrement (Editions Nationales, 1997).
- Les Chemins de la victoire (with Philippe Randa, Deterna, 2002).
- Le Pen contre le Front National (2005).
References[]
- ^ Kestel, Laurent & Laurent Godmer. "Institutional Inclusion and Exclusion of Extreme Right Parties." In Western Democracies and the New Extreme Right Challenge. Edited by Roger Eatwell and Cas Mudde. London, UK: Routledge, 2004. 147.
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Montpellier
- National Rally (France) politicians
- Movement for France politicians
- League of the South (France) politicians
- French political writers
- Mayors of places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- French dentists
- University of Montpellier alumni
- French anti-abortion activists