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Preceded by
  
Michel Berson

Religion
  
Roman Catholic

Residence
  
Yerres, France

Political party
  
France Arise

Party
  
France Arise

Preceded by
  
Marc Lucas

Role
  
French Politician

Constituency
  
Essonne's 8th

Name
  
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan


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Born
  
7 March 1961 (age 63) Paris, France (
1961-03-07
)

Alma mater
  
IEP de Paris Ecole nationale d'administration

Spouse
  
Valerie Vecchierini (m. 1990)

Education
  
Ecole nationale d'administration, Sciences Po

Parents
  
Jean-Louis Dupont, Colette Aignan

Similar People
  
Valerie Pecresse, Jean‑Luc Melenchon, Jean‑Pierre Chevenement, Marine Le Pen, Francois Bayrou

Profiles

Nicolas dupont aignan


Nicolas Dupont-Aignan ([ni.kɔ.la dy.pɔ̃.ɛɲ.ɑ̃] born Nicolas Dupont, 7 March 1961) is a French right-wing politician. He has been a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Essonne's 8th constituency, since 1997. He has also served as Mayor of Yerres, Essonne since 1995.

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A member of the right-wing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party until January 2007, he then founded the Gaullist and souverainist party Debout la France (DLF) in November 2008. He is a co-president of the European political party EUDemocrats – Alliance for a Europe of Democracies. He ran for President in 2017, and endorsed the far-right runner-up Marine Le Pen in the second round.

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Early life

Dupont-Aignan was born on 7 March 1961, in Paris.

2007 presidential election

Dupont-Aignan intended to run for the 2007 presidential election but failed to gather the necessary 500 signatures of elected officials.

2012 presidential election

In November 2010, Dupont-Aignan announced his intention to run for the 2012 presidential election and in March 2012 he announced that he had obtained the necessary 500 signatures to run as an official candidate.

Dupont-Aignan received 644,043 votes on the first ballot, or 1.79% of the votes cast, finishing seventh. His best showing (24.88%) was in Yerres, of which he is mayor.

2017 presidential election

In March 2017, Dupont-Aignan secured the necessary 500 signatures to run in the 2017 presidential election. In the first voting round of 23 April, Dupont-Aignan came in the sixth place, receiving 1,695,000 votes which represents 4.70% of the vote total. He subsequently endorsed Marine Le Pen for the second round.

On 28 April 2017, Dupont-Aignan announced his support for the runner-up Marine Le Pen, who in return pledged to appoint him as prime minister should she win.

Political positions

Dupont-Aignan has been described as a nationalist, a protectionist, and a eurosceptic. He describes himself as a Gaullist. Dupont-Aignan supports a French withdrawal from the EU and endorsed Brexit. Although sharing many similar views with Marine Le Pen, he is considered less hardline than her and had criticized her in the past.

Dupont-Aignan strongly advocates leaving the euro, calling it a "racket", and proposes returning to the franc and retaining the euro only as a reserve currency.

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