Richard Ferrand

Richard Ferrand
Ferrand in 2019
President of the National Assembly
In office
12 September 2018 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byFrançois de Rugy
Succeeded byYaël Braun-Pivet
President of the La République En Marche! group in the National Assembly
In office
27 June 2017 – 12 September 2018
Preceded byGroup established
Succeeded byGilles Le Gendre
Minister of Territorial Cohesion
In office
17 May 2017 – 19 June 2017
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byEmmanuelle Cosse
Succeeded byJacques Mézard
General Secretary of En Marche!
In office
1 October 2016 – 22 June 2017
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Catherine Barbaroux (Acting)
Preceded byLudovic Chaker
Succeeded byStéphane Roques
Member of the National Assembly
for Finistère's 6th constituency
In office
19 June 2012 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byChristian Ménard
Succeeded byMélanie Thomin
Personal details
Born (1962-07-01) 1 July 1962 (age 62)
Rodez, France
Political partyRenaissance (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Party (1980–2017)
Alma materToulouse 1 University Capitole
Paris Descartes University

Richard Ferrand (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃaʁ fɛʁɑ̃]; born 1 July 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as President of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2022. He had served as a member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency from 2012 to 2022.[1][2] A longtime member of the Socialist Party, he was LREM's General Secretary from October 2016. He briefly served as Minister for the Cohesion of Territories between May and June 2017 before resigning due to nepotism accusations. Following his resignation, he became the leader of the party's group in the National Assembly in June 2017 and then was elected to the Chamber's Presidency in September 2018.

In June 2022, he became the third incumbent presiding officer of the French lower house in history to be unseated after distant predecessors Raymond Forni in 2002 and Armand Marrast in 1849 (during the French Second Republic).

  1. ^ "M. Richard Ferrand". National Assembly. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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