The Union for a Popular Movement was a centre-right political party in France belonging to the Gaullist tradition. During its existence,the UMP was one of the two major parties in French politics along with the Socialist Party (PS). The UMP was formed in 2002 as a merger of several centre-right parties under the leadership of President Jacques Chirac. In May 2015,the party was succeeded by The Republicans.
Christian Jacob is a French politician who has been the president of the Republicans party since 2019. Over the course of his career,he held several cabinet positions,including as the Minister of French Civil Service in Jacques Chirac's second term as President of France.
Nathalie Geneviève Marie Kosciusko-Morizet,often referred to by her initials NKM,is an engineer and former politician.
Éric Woerth is a French politician of Renaissance.
Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016. He is a member of The Republicans (LR),which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the resignation of Nicolas Sarkozy.
Jean-Christophe Lagarde is a French politician serving as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) since 2014. He succeeded Jean-Louis Borloo after a short interim by Yves Jégo. Lagarde has been the member of the National Assembly for the fifth constituency of Seine-Saint-Denis since 2002.
Jean-Claude Bouchet is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since the 2007 elections. He represents the Vaucluse department,and is a member.
Jean-Yves Bony is a French farmer and politician of the Republicans.
Michèle Tabarot is a French politician of the Republicans who currently serves as a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Alpes-Maritimes 9th constituency.
Valérie Boyer is a French politician serving as a Senator for Bouches-du-Rhône since 2020. A member of The Republicans (LR),she was previously elected to the National Assembly from 2007 until 2020. Boyer has also been a municipal councillor of Marseille since 2001.
Édouard Courtial is a French politician of The Republicans who currently serves as a member of the French Senate,representing the Oise department.
Éric Ciotti is a French politician who has represented the 1st constituency of Alpes-Maritimes in the National Assembly since 2007 and is the president of The Republicans since 2022. Ciotti previously briefly served as First Deputy Mayor of Nice under Mayor Christian Estrosi in 2008,before he assumed the presidency of the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes from 2008 to 2017.
Michel Dantin is a French politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the South-East France constituency from 2009 until 2019. In addition,he has been the mayor of Chambéry from 2014 to 2020. He is a member of the Republicans.
Régis Marcon is a French chef and "Maître Restaurateur". He is the owner of the restaurant Le Clos des Cimes located in Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid in the Haute-Loire,awarded three stars by the Guide Michelin since 2005.
The Republicans is a liberal-conservative political party in France,largely inspired by the Gaullist tradition. The party was formed on 30 May 2015 as the re-incorporation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then President of France Jacques Chirac.
Pascal Allizard is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the Senate of France since 2014,representing the Calvados department.
Annie Genevard is a French politician who has represented the 5th constituency of the Doubs department in the National Assembly since 2012. She served as secretary-general of The Republicans (LR) from 2017 to 2019 under successive party leaders Laurent Wauquiez and Christian Jacob. From 4 July 2022 until 11 December 2022,she was the ad interim party leader following the resignation of Jacob,in her role as first party vice president,which she has held since 6 July 2021.
The Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the deliberative assembly of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeast-central France. Laurent Wauquiez of The Republicans (LR) has presided over the body since 4 January 2016,following regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015. The Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes succeeded the Regional Council of Auvergne and Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes.
Laurent Furst is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a deputy of the National Assembly since 2012,representing Bas-Rhin's 6th constituency.
Geoffroy Didier is a French lawyer and politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2017.
