Jean-Paul Fournier

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Jean-Paul Fournier


Mayor of Nîmes
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2001
Preceded by	Alain Clary
Member of the French Senate for Gard
In office 2008–2017
Succeeded by	Pascale Bories

Personal details
Born	(1945-10-16) 16 October 1945 (age 79) Génolhac, France
Political party	The Republicans

Jean-Paul Fournier (born 16 October 1945 in Génolhac) is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France and mayor of Nîmes. He represents the Gard department and is a member of The Republicans Party.

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Fournier publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.^[1]

References

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^ Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite Le Figaro.

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Senators of France (2020–2023)

1 October 2020 – 1 October 2023

v t e Union for a Popular Movement
Predecessors	Rally of the French People (1947–1955) National Centre of Social Republicans (1954–1958) Union for the New Republic (1958–1967) Union of Democrats for the Republic (1967–1976) Rally for the Republic (1976–2002)
Presidents	Alain Juppé (2002–2004) Nicolas Sarkozy (2004–2007) Jean-François Copé (2012–2014) Nicolas Sarkozy (2014–2015)
Vice Presidents	Jean-Claude Gaudin (2002–2007) Luc Chatel (2012–2014) Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (2014–2015)
Secretaries-General	Philippe Douste-Blazy (2002–2004) Pierre Méhaignerie (2004–2007) Patrick Devedjian (2007–2008) Xavier Bertrand (2008–2010) Jean-François Copé (2010–2012) Michèle Tabarot (2012–2014) Luc Chatel (2014) Laurent Wauquiez (2014–2015)
Presidential candidates	Jacques Chirac (2002) Nicolas Sarkozy (2007, 2012)
Prime Ministers	Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2002–2005) Dominique de Villepin (2005–2007) François Fillon (2007–2012)
Congresses	2002 2004 2012
Movements	The Strong Right The Social Right Modern and Humanist France Gaullism, a way forward for France The Popular Right

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