Jean-Pierre Grand
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Jean-Pierre Grand is a French politician, born 18 November 1950, in Montpellier, Hérault, France. He served as the mayor of Castelnau-Le-Lez from 1977 to 2017 and as Deputy in the French National Assembly from 2002 to 2012.
Jean-Pierre Grand was elected Deputy on 16 June 2002, for the 12th legislature (2002–2007), in the 3rd circonscription of Hérault. He was re-elected on 17 June 2007 for another 5 years. He is a member of French's leading right-wing party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
He is a former assistant to famed French politician Jacques Chaban-Delmas, who served as his political mentor. As of 2006, Grand is faithful to the political family of Jacques Chirac, notably former prime minister Alain Juppé and Dominique de Villepin and minister Michèle Alliot-Marie.
Grand openly supported De Villepin as a potential candidate for the 2007 French presidential elections, against controversial candidate, former president of UMP, ultimately elected President, Nicolas Sarkozy. Dominique de Villepin personally visited, as prime minister, Jean-Pierre Grand's city, Castelnau-Le-Lez, on 8 December 2006. https://soundcloud.com/yflamkcpbdglbblckjck/
Sources and external links
- (in French) Grand's bio on the official National Assembly website
- (in French) Bio in reputable French newspaper Les Echos[permanent dead link]
- (in French) Jean-Pierre Grand's Blog
- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Montpellier
- Rally for the Republic politicians
- Union for a Popular Movement politicians
- United Republic politicians
- French Senators of the Fifth Republic
- Mayors of places in Occitanie
- Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Senators of Hérault