Alexandre Avril | |
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Regional Councillor of Centre-Val de Loire | |
Assumed office 1 July 2021 | |
Mayor of Salbris | |
Assumed office 3 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Olivier Pavy |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 April 1992 |
Political party | Union of the Right for the Republic (since 2024) |
Other political affiliations | The Republicans (until 2024) |
Relatives | Jacky Avril (uncle) |
Alexandre Avril (born 19 April 1992) is a French politician of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR). He has been a member of the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire since 2021, [1] and has served as mayor of Salbris since 2020. [2] Since 2024,he has served as a vice president of the UDR. [3]
Avril is the nephew of Jacky Avril. [4] His maternal relatives were merchants and his paternal grandfather worked as a security guard for Matra. [4] He grew up in Salbris and moved to Paris,where he studied at the École normale supérieure and HEC Paris,founded a development consulting firm for collectivities,and worked as parliamentary assistant to Socialist Party senator Jeanny Lorgeoux. [5]
Avril was elected mayor of Salbris in the 2020 municipal elections,as the lead candidate of an independent right-wing list. [6] In July 2020,he was elected president of Sologne des Rivières. [7] In the 2021 regional election in Centre-Val de Loire,he was designated as lead candidate of the Union of the Right and Centre in Loir-et-Cher, [8] and was elected to the regional council. [1] He was elected unopposed as leader of The Republicans in Loir-et-Cher in November 2023, [9] and took office in March 2024. [10] [11] He defended his PhD thesis,on the philosophies of RenéGirard and Friedrich Nietzsche,in December 2023. [12]
Ahead of the 2024 legislative election,Avril supported Éric Ciotti's alliance with the National Rally. [13] [14] In September 2024,he announced his intention to resign as leader of the Loir-et-Cher Republicans the following month,in order to join Ciotti's newly founded Union of the Right for the Republic. [11] In October 2024,he was appointed as a vice president of the UDR. [3]
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