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French lawyer and politician of the National Rally (born 1966)

Alexandre VarautMEP
Varaut in 2015
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024
In office
17 December 1999 – 19 July 2004
Preceded byPhilippe de Villiers
Personal details
Born (1966-01-18) 18 January 1966 (age 58)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Political partyNational Rally
Other political
affiliations		Patriots for Europe
Parent

Alexandre Varaut (born 18 January 1966) is a French lawyer and politician of the National Rally who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. He was previously member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, representing the Movement for France.

Career

Varaut was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1966, as the son of Jean-Marc Varaut. Having been a fierce opponent of the Maastricht Treaty of 1992, he joined the Movement for France in 1995, shortly after the 1995 French presidential election. He became a member of the European Parliament in 1999, after Philippe de Villiers resigned his seat. In 2004 he was a candidate in the French regional elections, and in the 2007 legislative election he contested Seine-Saint-Denis's 5th constituency. He was appointed national secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement in 2013, and held the position for 18 months.

Varaut has been described as "the National Rally's favorite lawyer." He has represented Marine Le Pen, David Rachline, Frédéric Chatillon, Guillaume Peltier and La Manif pour Tous, among others. In 2018 he became an advisor to Le Pen, as a member of Les Horaces. He joined the National Rally in 2022.

References

  1. ^ "Alexandre Varaut : qui est l'ex-avocat du RN élu lors des européennes ?". L'Internaute (in French). 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Européennes : le RN recrute Alexandre Varaut, ex-avocat de la Manif pour Tous et de Frédéric Chatillon". Le HuffPost (in French). 7 March 2024.
  3. "Alexandre Varaut". European Parliament.
  4. ^ "Alexandre Varaut nommé secrétaire national de l'UMP". Le Figaro (in French). 21 November 2013.
  5. "M. Pasqua reste à Strasbourg, M. de Villiers s'en va". Le Monde (in French). 14 December 1999.
  6. "Alexandre Varaut : « Après Philippe de Villiers et Charles Pasqua, je rejoins Jordan Bardella »". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). 9 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Européennes 2024. L'avocat Alexandre Varaut bat la campagne pour le Rassemblement national". Ouest-France (in French). 9 April 2024.
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