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Richard Ferrand
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![]() Richard Ferrand in 2019
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President of the National Assembly | |
In office 12 September 2018 – 21 June 2022 |
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Preceded by | François de Rugy |
Succeeded by | Yaël Braun-Pivet |
President of the La République En Marche! group in the National Assembly | |
In office 27 June 2017 – 12 September 2018 |
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Preceded by | Group established |
Succeeded by | Gilles Le Gendre |
Minister of Territorial Cohesion | |
In office 17 May 2017 – 19 June 2017 |
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President | Emmanuel Macron |
Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
Preceded by | Emmanuelle Cosse |
Succeeded by | Jacques Mézard |
General Secretary of En Marche! | |
In office 1 October 2016 – 22 June 2017 |
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President | Emmanuel Macron Catherine Barbaroux (Acting) |
Preceded by | Ludovic Chaker |
Succeeded by | Stéphane Roques |
Member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency |
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In office 19 June 2012 – 21 June 2022 |
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Preceded by | Christian Ménard |
Succeeded by | Mélanie Thomin |
Personal details | |
Born | Rodez, France |
1 July 1962
Nationality | French |
Political party | Renaissance (2016–present) Socialist Party (1980–2017) |
Alma mater | Toulouse 1 University Capitole Paris Descartes University |
Richard Ferrand (born 1 July 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as President of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2022. He had served as a member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency from 2012 to 2022. A longtime member of the Socialist Party, he was the General Secretary LREM from October 2016 and became the leader of the party's group of the National Assembly in June 2017.
Early life
Ferrand was born on 1 July 1962 in Rodez, France. Ferrand graduated high school in Bünde, Germany and studied German and Law at Toulouse 1 University Capitole and then Université Paris-Descartes where he became a PS member at the age of 18.
After leaving university, Ferrand worked as a journalist for multiple publications including Center Presse, Auto Moto, Circuler, Vie publique, La Dépêche du Midi and Le Monde. In 1991, Ferrand became the communications advisor for Kofi Yamgnane, the then- secretary of state to the Minister of Social Affairs and Integration.
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