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.
Alain Marie Juppé is a French politician. A member of The Republicans,he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac,during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the country and became very unpopular. He left office after the victory of the left in the snap 1997 legislative elections. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995,and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988. He was president of the political party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) from 2002 to 2004 and mayor of Bordeaux from 1995 to 2004.
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.
François Charles Armand Fillon is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of the Republicans,the country's largest centre-right political party,for the 2017 presidential election where he ranked third in the first round of voting.
François Claude Pierre RenéBaroin is a French politician and lawyer who served as Finance Minister from 2011 to 2012,following a stint as Budget Minister in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon. A member of The Republicans (LR),he was a long-time ally of Jacques Chirac and has been Mayor of Troyes in Champagne since 1995.
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.
Valérie Pécresse is a French politician who has served as President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. A member of The Republicans,she previously served as Minister of Higher Education and Research from 2007 to 2011 and Minister of the Budget and Government Spokeswoman from 2011 to 2012 under Prime Minister François Fillon. Pécresse represented the 2nd constituency of Yvelines in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2012 until 2016.
Luc-Marie Chatel is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who served as Minister of National Education in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from June 2009 to May 2012. In 2014,he served as the acting chair of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
Valérie Létard is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who served as Secretary of State for Solidarity in the government of François Fillon from 2007 to 2010.
Jean-François Copé is a French politician serving as Mayor of Meaux since 1995 with an interruption from 2002 to 2005. He was Government Spokesman between 2002 and 2007,when assumed other tenures in the government—including Minister of the Budget—at the same time. He also served as the member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne and president of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) group in the National Assembly. In November 2010 he became the party's secretary-general. In August 2012 he announced that he would run for the presidency of the UMP,facing the former Prime Minister François Fillon.
Franck Riester is a French politician who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Parliamentary Relations in the Government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since July 2022. He previously served as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex and Élisabeth Borne between 2020 and 2022. A former member of The Republicans,he founded and currently leads the centre-right Agir party.
Françoise Hostalier was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented Nord's 15th constituency from 2002 to 2012. She campaigned for François Fillon in the first round of the 2017 French presidential election,she supported Marine Le Pen in the second round.
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.
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.
The 2012 leadership election of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),a political party in France was held on 18 November 2012. It renewed the leadership structures of the UMP following Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the 2012 presidential election and the party's defeat in the subsequent legislative election. The disputed results led to the first open crisis in the UMP since its creation in 2002.
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.
The Republicans held a presidential primary election,officially called the open primary of the right and centre,to select a candidate for the 2017 presidential election. It took place on 20 November 2016,with a runoff on 27 November since no candidate obtained at least 50% of the vote in the first round. It was the first time an open primary had been held for The Republicans or its predecessor parties.
Édouard Charles Philippe is a French politician serving as Mayor of Le Havre since 2020,previously holding the office from 2010 to 2017. He was Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 under President Emmanuel Macron.
Aurore Bergé is a French politician who has been serving as Minister for Solidarity and Family in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since July 2023.
