Alain Richard

Alain Richard (born 29 August 1945) is a French politician serving as Senator for Val-d'Oise since 2011. A member of the National Assembly for Val-d'Oise from 1978 to 1993, he was elected to the Senate in 1995 before his appointment as Minister of Defence in 1997, an office he retained until 2002.

For the Swiss ski mountaineer, see Alain Richard (ski mountaineer).

Alain Richard
Richard in 2018
Senator for Val-d'Oise
Assumed office
1 October 2011
In office
2 October 1995 – 4 July 1997
Minister of Defence
In office
3 June 1997 – 7 May 2002
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
Preceded byCharles Millon
Succeeded byMichèle Alliot-Marie
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-d'Oise
In office
3 April 1978 – 1 April 1993
Preceded byMichel Poniatowski
Succeeded byChristian Gourmelen
Constituency1st (1978–1986)
At-large (1986–1988)
2nd (1988–1997)
Mayor of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
In office
19 December 2002 – 19 October 2017
Preceded byAndrée Salgues
Succeeded byLaurent Linquette
In office
20 March 1977 – 4 July 1997
Preceded byArmand Lecomte
Succeeded byJean-Louis Linquette
Personal details
Born (1945-08-29) 29 August 1945
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyUnified Socialist Party (1962–1974)
Socialist Party (1974–2017)
La République En Marche! (since 2017)
EducationLycée Henri-IV
Alma materSciences Po
École nationale d'administration

Career

An alumnus of Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration (ÉNA), he was first elected as Mayor of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône in 1977. In 1981, he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation.[1] A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he was elected to the National Assembly in the 1978 election.

Elected to the Senate in 1995 election, he was appointed Minister of Defence two years later by President Jacques Chirac. Seen as an ally of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, he left the office when Jean-Pierre Raffarin became Prime Minister in 2002.[2] Richard went back to his initial position as Mayor of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, before regaining a seat in the Senate in the 2011 election. He was reelected in 2017 as a member of La République En Marche! (REM).

References
  1. "Young Leaders". French-American Foundation. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. "Alain Richard : ministre de la Défense Cinquante-deux a". L'Humanité (in French). France. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles Millon		 Minister of Defence
1997–2002		 Succeeded by
Michèle Alliot-Marie
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