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Maël de Calan | |
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![]() De Calan in 2024 | |
President of the Departmental Council of Finistère | |
Assumed office 1 July 2021 | |
Preceded by | Nathalie Sarrabezolles |
Personal details | |
Born | Marseille,France | 30 April 1980
Political party | Soyons libres (since 2018) |
Other political affiliations | Rally for the Republic (1998–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–2019) |
Maël de Calan (born 30 April 1980) is a French politician serving as president of the Departmental Council of Finistère since 2021. [1] He has been a member of the departmental council since 2015,and has served as a municipal councillor of Roscoff since 2014. [2]
De Calan was born in Marseille in 1980, [3] and joined the Rally for the Republic at the age of 18. [4] [5] While studying at Sciences Po in 2002,he was the last leader of its Rally for the Republic branch,and the first leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch. [6] He later studied at HEC Paris,where he served as leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch. [3] [4] He was a co-leader of the La Boîte àidées motion at the 2012 party congress,and was appointed member of its political bureau in 2013. [7] He was elected municipal councillor of Roscoff in 2014,and was elected member of the Departmental Council of Finistère in 2015. [2]
In 2016,de Calan was elected leader of The Republicans in Finistère. [8] Ahead of the party's 2016 presidential primary,he served as spokesperson for Alain Juppé. [9] He was a candidate for leader of The Republicans in the 2017 election,and finished third to Laurent Wauquiez and Florence Portelli. [10] In the 2017 legislative election,he was a candidate for Finistère's 4th constituency. [11] He joined Soyons libres in February 2018,and was appointed as its vice president. [12] In August 2018,he stood down as leader of The Republicans in Finistère,and endorsed Philippe Paul as his successor. [13] He left The Republicans in 2019,alongside Valérie Pécresse. [14]
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