Christian Girard

Christian Girard
Member of the National Assembly
for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 1st constituency
In office
22 June 2022 – 9 June 2024
Preceded byDelphine Bagarry
Member of the
Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Assumed office
1 July 2021
Personal details
Born (1952-05-07) 7 May 1952 (age 72)
Manosque, France
Political partyNational Rally (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations
Union for a Popular Movement (formerly)
Residence(s)Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Christian Girard (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ ʒiʁaʁ]; born 7 May 1952) is a French politician who has represented the 1st constituency of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the National Assembly since 2022.[1] A member of the National Rally (RN), he has also held a seat in the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur since 2021. In Parliament, Girard sits on the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces.

In the 2017 legislative election, he ran for the National Assembly in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd constituency, placing third.[2] In 2021, Girard, who has been departmental party leader since 2018, unsuccessfully ran for the Departmental Council of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the canton of Manosque-1.

  1. ^ "M. Christian Girard - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (1re circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  2. ^ Grégoire Bézie (20 June 2022), "Législatives 2022. Christian Girard, leader RN des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, député à 70 ans", france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French).