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Patrick Vignal

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Patrick Vignal
Vignal in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Hérault's 9th constituency
In office
20 June 2012 – 9 June 2024
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byCharles Alloncle
Personal details
Born (1958-01-22) 22 January 1958 (age 66)
Montpellier, France
Political partyRenaissance (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Party (until 2017)

Patrick Vignal (French pronunciation: [patʁik viɲal]; born 22 January 1958) is a French politician who represented the 9th constituency of the Hérault department in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2024. A member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!) who was originally elected to Parliament as a member of the Socialist Party (PS), he previously served as a Deputy Mayor of Montpellier (2001–2012) and held the canton of Montpellier-4 seat in the General Council of Hérault (2008–2012).

Political career

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Vignal was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2012 legislative election. He was reelected in 2017 and 2022.[1][2] He ran for reelection to a fourth term in office in the 2024 snap election; placing third in the first round of voting, he withdrew ahead of the second round.[3]

In Parliament, Vignal served as a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[4] In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French-Cuban parliamentary friendship group.

Other activities

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  • Fonds pour le développement de la vie associative (FDVA), Member of the Advisory Board[4]

References

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