Olivier Marleix
President of The Republicans group in the National Assembly
Assumed office
28 June 2022
Preceded byDamien Abad
Member of the National Assembly
for Eure-et-Loir's 2nd constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2012
Preceded byGérard Hamel
Mayor of Anet
In office
14 March 2008 – 23 September 2017
Preceded byClaude Favrat
Succeeded byAliette Le Bihan
Personal details
Born (1971-02-06) 6 February 1971
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Political partyThe Republicans
ParentAlain Marleix
Alma materSciences Po
University of Clermont-Ferrand

Olivier Marleix (born 6 February 1971) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR)[1] who has been representing the 2nd constituency of the Eure-et-Loir department in the National Assembly since 2012.

Political career

Career in local politics

Prior to his election to the National Assembly in 2012, Marleix was elected as Mayor of Anet in 2008, an office he held until his resignation in 2017 to focus on his parliamentary work. He also held a seat in the General Council of Eure-et-Loir from 2008 to 2014 for the canton of Anet. From 2008 to 2011, he held one of the general council's vice presidencies under the presidency of Albéric de Montgolfier.

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–present

In parliament, Marleix serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs. From 2017 until 2018, he chaired a parliamentary inquiry into whether France's government should subject foreign takeovers of French firms it has cleared to parliamentary scrutiny.[2] In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-Moroccan Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]

In 2018, Marleix was appointed to the shadow cabinet of The Republicans leader Laurent Wauquiez and tasked with the industry portfolio.[4]

After Christian Jacob's election as party leader, Marleix announced his candidacy to succeed him as leader of the party's parliamentary group in the National Assembly in November 2019; he eventually lost to Damien Abad of Ain.[5]

Chair of the Republicans' Parliamentary Group, 2022–present

Following the 2022 legislative election, Marleix again put his candidacy forward for parliamentary leader.[6] He faced Julien Dive of Aisne, whom he defeated with 40 votes against 20.[7] Marleix took over from acting parliamentary leader Virginie Duby-Muller on 22 June 2022.

Political positions

In the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Marleix endorsed former President Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.[8] In the Republicans' 2017 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.[9] Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans' candidate.[10] Ahead of the party's 2022 convention, he endorsed Éric Ciotti as chairman.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau (21 March 2018), French lawmakers seek scrutiny over Macron on foreign takeovers, Reuters.
  3. ↑ Olivier Marleix French National Assembly.
  4. ↑ Olivier Faye (21 November 2018), Laurent Wauquiez dévoile (enfin) son « shadow cabinet », Le Monde.
  5. ↑ Ludovic Vigogne (6 November 2019), Couronnement: A l’Assemblée, Damien Abad devient le nouveau patron des députés LR, L'Opinion.
  6. ↑ Wally Bordas and Emmanuel Galiero (21 June 2022), Présidence du groupe LR à l'Assemblée : le match se joue entre Julien Dive et Olivier Marleix, Le Figaro.
  7. ↑ Wally Bordas and Emmanuel Galiero (22 June 2022), Olivier Marleix, un homme d'expérience à la tête du groupe LR à l'Assemblée nationale, Le Figaro.
  8. ↑ Ludovic Vigogne (20 April 2016), Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires, L'Opinion.
  9. ↑ Ludovic Vigogne (11 October 2017), La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez, L'Opinion.
  10. ↑ Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite, Le Figaro.
  11. ↑ Eric Ciotti élu président du parti Les Républicains Le Monde, 11 December 2022.
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