François Sauvadet

François Sauvadet (born 20 April 1953[1] in Dijon) is a French journalist and politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who has been serving as the president of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France since 2008.

François Sauvadet
President of the Departmental council
of Côte-d'Or
Assumed office
20 March 2008
Preceded byLouis de Broissia
French Minister of Civil Service
In office
2011–2012
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byFrançois Baroin
Succeeded byMarylise Lebranchu
Deputy for Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency in the National Assembly of France
In office
1993–2017
Preceded byGilbert Mathieu
Succeeded byYolaine de Courson
Personal details
Born (1953-04-20) 20 April 1953
Dijon, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyUDI

Early career

Sauvadet worked as a journalist at regional daily newspaper Le Bien Public from 1977 until 1993.[2]

Political career

Sauvadet represented Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency in the French National Assembly from 1993 to 2016, when he resigned to focus on activities in regional politics.[1][3]

Over the course of his career in national politics, Sauvadet served as the chair of the New Centre's parliamentary group from 2007[4] to 2011 and as Minister for the Civil Service in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 2011 to 2012. Ahead of the 2012 French presidential election, he endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the center-right parties' joint candidate.[5] In 2012, he was one of the founders of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI).

References
  1. "M. François Sauvadet : Assemblée Nationale". Assemblee-nationale.fr. 2013.
  2. François Sauvadet élu président du groupe Nouveau Centre à l'Assemblée Le Figaro, 20 June 2007.
  3. Le centriste François Sauvadet démissionne de son mandat de député Le Monde, 18 August 2016.
  4. François Sauvadet élu président du groupe Nouveau Centre à l'Assemblée Le Figaro, 20 June 2007.
  5. Patrick Vignal (24 January 2012), Le numéro deux du parti d'Hervé Morin soutient Nicolas Sarkozy Reuters.


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