Aurélien Pradié

Aurélien Pradié (born March 14, 1986) is a French politician of Les Républicains (LR) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2017 French elections, representing Lot's 1st constituency. In addition to his work in parliament, he became Secretary-General of LR in 2019 after Christian Jacob became its chairman, making him the party's third highest-ranking politician.[1][2]

Aurélien Pradié
Aurélien Pradié in 2017
Secretary-General of The Republicans
Assumed office
23 October 2019
PresidentChristian Jacob
Preceded byAnnie Genevard
Member of the National Assembly
for Lot's 1st constituency
Assumed office
18 June 2017
Preceded byDominique Orliac
Regional Councilor for Occitanie
In office
4 January 2016 – 5 January 2018
Preceded byBrigitte Rivière
President of the Community of Communes for Causse de Labastide-Murat
In office
16 April 2014 – 5 January 2018
Preceded byJean-Pierre Sabrazat
Succeeded byChantal Mejecaze
Mayor of Labastide-Murat (later Cœur-de-Causse)
In office
30 March 2014 – 5 January 2018
Preceded byLucien-Georges Foissac
Succeeded byChantal Mejecaze
Personal details
Born (1986-03-14) 14 March 1986
Cahors, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyThe Republicans (2015-present)
UMP (2007-2015)
Alma materUniversity of Toulouse

Early life and education

Pradié was born on March 14, 1986 in Cahors to parents who managed a small nut business.[3][4] He has one brother, a baker.[4] After a stroke, his father became a paraplegic. Pradié has said that this moment "forged his commitment" to public service, notably on issues related to the handicapped.[5]

Pradié studied law in Toulouse,[6] and worked for the Andros company in Lot under CEO Frédéric Gervoson.[3]

Political career

Early beginnings

Beginning in 2007, he served as president of the UMP's youth wing in Lot.[7]

Local politics

In the 2008 cantonal elections, Pradié was elected in the first round for the canton of Labastide-Murat, becoming the second-youngest councilor in France behind Jean Sarkozy[8] and beating Lucien-Georges Foissac, his former teacher.[3] His campaign, which he led on his Moped, was atypical for local election campaigns.[9]

In 2011, Xavier Bertrand, Minister of Labour, appointed him to look at youth employment.[10]

In 2012, at age 26, Pradié ran as a candidate for the UMP in Lot's 1st constituency. With 40% of the vote in the second round, he was defeated by the incumbent MP Dominique Orliac (PRG). His campaign spending accounts were rejected by the Constitutional Council, which made him ineligible to run again for a year.[11][12]

In the 2014 municipal elections, Pradié was elected mayor of Labastide-Murat, when his party list received over 70% of the vote.[13] He was elected immediate thereafter as president of the Community of Communes for Causse de Labastide-Murat. In this role, he helped open a health centre in the Communes of Labastide-Murat. Following the merger of communities, he became mayor of Cœur-de-Causse (the new merged commune) in 2016.

Pradié in 2009

During the electoral redistricting that took place before departmental elections in 2015, the former canton of Labastide-Murat was cut in two and part of the canton was amalgamated into the larger Canton of Causse et Vallées, which included 47 other communes. Pradié criticised the new redistricting, saying it was done to make it more difficult for him to be elected, and declined to run again in the new district. That same year, he was elected a regional councilor in Occitanie, where he sat on the committee for labor, professional development and apprenticeships.[14][15]

On January 5, 2018, following French law against holding cumulative mandates, he resigned from his positions as mayor, president of the Community of Communes and as Regional Councilor.[16] However, he remained a municipal and community councilor.

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present

In June 2016, Pradié was nominated by Les Républicains in Lot's 1st constituency for the 2017 elections. In the first round, he received 24% of the vote, going up against Sébastien Maurel of La République en marche in the second round. Pradié beat Maurel in the second round with 51.3% of the vote, supported by strong results in rural parts of the district.[3][17] His election made him the youngest MP in the history of Lot and came as a surprise in an area that has historically voted for left-wing parties.[18][4]

In parliament, Pradié has since been serving on the Committee on Legal Affairs. From 2018 until 209, he was also a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to his committee assignments, he chairs the French-Afghan Parliamentary Friendship Group and is a member of the French-Lebanese Parliamentary Friendship Group.[19]

Pradié supported Laurent Wauquiez for the 2017 leadership campaign, nominating him on the final ballot.[20][21] He then became a member of the internal faction known as « Les Populaires », launched by Guillaume Peltier within Les Républicains.[22] In November 2018, Pradié joined the Shadow cabinet of Laurent Wauquiez, in charge of disability issues and solidarity.[23]

In October 2019, after Christian Jacob became leader of Les Républicains, Pradié became Secretary-General of the party.[24][25]

In October 2018, Pradié defended a bill in the National Assembly in favor of better inclusion of handicapped children and adolescents in public schools. This bill would have included better status for the students and their caregivers on campus and had widespread political support, but was rejected by La République en marche.[26][27]

On December 8, 2018 Pradié launched the first "Citizens Council of Lot" in Cahors, as he promised to do during his election campaign.[28]

Political positions

Pradié has described himself as being on the sensible right, close to the ideologies of predecessors like Jacques Chirac and Georges Pompidou. A member of the Georges Pompidou Institute,[29] he joined the scientific council of the Jacques Chirac Foundation in April 2018.[30]

In July 2019, Pradié voted against the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[31]

Recognition

In February 2020, Pradié received the "MP of the Year" award from political organization Le Trombinoscope.[32]

References
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  2. Dominique Albertini (30 March 2020), Planification, «révolution des salaires» : les idées-choc du numéro 3 de LR Libération.
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