Laurent Wauquiez

Laurent Wauquiez
Wauquiez in 2021
President of the Regional Council
of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
In office
4 January 2016 – 23 August 2024
Preceded by
Succeeded byFabrice Pannekoucke
President of The Republicans
In office
10 December 2017 – 2 June 2019[a]
Preceded byNicolas Sarkozy
Succeeded byChristian Jacob
Minister of Higher Education and Research
In office
29 June 2011 – 10 May 2012
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byValérie Pécresse
Succeeded byGeneviève Fioraso
Minister for European Affairs
In office
14 November 2010 – 29 June 2011
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byPierre Lellouche
Succeeded byGeneviève Fioraso
Mayor of Puy-en-Velay
In office
14 March 2008 – 29 January 2016
Preceded byArlette Arnaud-Landau
Succeeded byMichel Chapuis
Government Spokesman
In office
18 June 2007 – 18 March 2008
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byChristine Albanel
Succeeded byLuc Chatel
Member of the National Assembly
for Haute-Loire's 1st constituency
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Preceded byIsabelle Valentin
In office
20 June 2012 – 21 June 2017
Preceded byJean-Pierre Marcon
Succeeded byIsabelle Valentin
In office
5 July 2004 – 19 July 2007
Preceded byJacques Barrot
Succeeded byJean-Pierre Marcon
Personal details
Born (1975-04-12) 12 April 1975 (age 49)
Lyon, France
Political partyLR (since 2015)
Other political
affiliations
UMP (2004–2015)
Spouse
Charlotte Deregnaucourt
(m. 2001)
Children2
Alma materÉcole 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[1] 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.[2] Pundits have described him as moving the party to the right.[3] 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.[4]


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  1. ^ "Laurent Wauquiez dénonce "la myopie politique" de Martine Aubry". Les Échos (in French). 13 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  2. ^ Matthieu Goar (10 December 2017). "Laurent Wauquiez prend la tête du parti Les Républicains". Le Monde. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ^ "France's centre-right offers no serious opposition to Emmanuel Macron". The Economist. 12 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Laurent Wauquiez démissionne de la présidence des Républicains". Le Figaro. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.