Brigitte Kuster

Brigitte Kuster
Member of the National Assembly for Paris's 4th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 June 2017
Preceded by	Bernard Debré
Mayor of the 17th arrondissement of Paris
In office 29 March 2008 – 11 July 2017
Preceded by	Françoise de Panafieu
Succeeded by	Geoffroy Boulard
Personal details
Born	Brigitte Thomas (1959-04-12) 12 April 1959 Saint-Cloud, France
Political party	Rally for the Republic (until 2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (since 2015)
Spouse	Gérard Kuster

Brigitte Kuster (née Thomas, 12 April 1959) is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the fourth constituency of Paris since 2017. A member of The Republicans, she previously was Mayor of the 17th arrondissement of Paris from 2008 to 2017.

Political career

A journalist by occupation, she started her career at Europe 1 before becoming a public servant at the Ministry of the Environment. She was elected to the Council of Paris in the 2001 municipal election and became Mayor of the 17th arrondissement seven years later. In January 2016, Kuster was appointed party spokesperson under the leadership of Nicolas Sarkozy, alongside Guillaume Peltier, Valérie Debord and Guillaume Larrivé. She retained the position until December 2017.

In Parliament, where she succeeded Bernard Debré after the 2017 legislative election, Kuster serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Cambodian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the French-Haitian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Tunisian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Political positions

In the 2016 The Republicans presidential primary, Kuster endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France. In the Republicans' 2017 leadership election, she endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.