Laurent Wauquiez


Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez is a French politician who served as President of The Republicans.
He was the Secretary of State for European Affairs under the Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Alain Juppé; and he was previously Secretary of State for Employment under the Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment since 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 ORU Fogar at the organization's General Assembly held in Quito on 16 October 2016.
On 10 December 2017, Wauquiez was elected president of The Republicans by a wide margin. Pundits have described him as moving the party to the right.
On 2 June 2019, a week after overseeing the worst result for the right in its history in the European elections with 8.48% of the vote, Wauquiez announced his resignation as president of The Republicans.

Early life and education

Wauquiez graduated from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne with a masters in history and studied public law at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, and attended the École nationale d'administration.

Political career

Wauquiez held several governmental positions over the course of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency. He was named the Secretary of State for Employment in 2008 and also functioned as the government spokesman. He later served as Minister of European Affairs and of Higher Education. In 2012, he was re-elected to the National Assembly and became head of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in 2015. On 10 December 2017, he was elected as the president of The Republicans.

Personal life

Wauquiez is known for wearing a red parka coat.

List of mandates and functions

Governmental functions

Minister for European Affairs: 2010-2011
Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, Government Spokesperson: 2007-2008
Secretary of State for Employment: 2008-2010

Electoral mandates

National Assembly of France

Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Loire's 1st constituency : 2004-2007 / Since 2012. Elected in 2004, reelected in 2007 and 2012.

Regional Council

President of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : since 2016

Municipal Council

Mayor of Le Puy-en-Velay : 2008-2016. Reelected in 2014.
Municipal councillor of Le Puy-en-Velay : 2008-2016. Reelected in 2014.