Maël de Calan
Maël de Calan | |
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President of the Departmental Council of Finistère | |
Assumed office 1 July 2021 | |
Preceded by | Nathalie Sarrabezolles |
Personal details | |
Born | Marseille, France | 30 April 1980
Political party | Soyons libres (since 2018) |
Other political affiliations | Rally for the Republic (1998–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–2019) |
Maël de Calan (born 30 April 1980) is a French politician serving as president of the Departmental Council of Finistère since 2021.[1] He has been a member of the departmental council since 2015, and has served as a municipal councillor of Roscoff since 2014.[2]
Early life and career
[edit]De Calan was born in Marseille in 1980,[3] and joined the Rally for the Republic at the age of 18.[4][5] While studying at Sciences Po in 2002, he was the last leader of its Rally for the Republic branch, and the first leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch.[6] He later studied at HEC Paris, where he served as leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch.[3][4] He was a co-leader of the La Boîte à idées motion at the 2012 party congress, and was appointed member of its political bureau in 2013.[7] He was elected municipal councillor of Roscoff in 2014, and was elected member of the Departmental Council of Finistère in 2015.[2]
In 2016, de Calan was elected leader of The Republicans in Finistère.[8] Ahead of the party's 2016 presidential primary, he served as spokesperson for Alain Juppé.[9] He was a candidate for leader of The Republicans in the 2017 election, and finished third to Laurent Wauquiez and Florence Portelli.[10] In the 2017 legislative election, he was a candidate for Finistère's 4th constituency.[11] He joined Soyons libres in February 2018, and was appointed as its vice president.[12] In August 2018, he stood down as leader of The Republicans in Finistère, and endorsed Philippe Paul as his successor.[13] He left The Republicans in 2019, alongside Valérie Pécresse.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maël de Calan prend la tête du département du Finistère" (in French). France Bleu. 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Portrait. Maël de Calan, l'homme pressé de la droite modérée". Ouest-France (in French). 30 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Maël de Calan, la droite pouponne". Libération (in French). 4 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Présidence LR : Maël de Calan, le juppéiste qui n'est pas candidat des juppéistes" (in French). RTL. 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Finistère : qui est Maël de Calan, le nouveau président du département ?" (in French). France Bleu. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "10 choses à savoir sur Maël de Calan, le juppéiste qui défie Wauquiez". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Maël de Calan au bureau politique de l'UMP". Ouest-France (in French). 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Les Républicains. Sans surprise Maël de Calan élu président finistérien". Le Télégramme (in French). 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Départementales 2021. Qui est Maël de Calan, le futur président du Finistère" (in French). France Info. 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Présidence LR : une défaite sans appel pour Maël de Calan" (in French). France Info. 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Résultats législatives Finistère: L'espoir de la droite Maël de Calan battu par une éleveuse de 26 ans". 20 minutes (in French). 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Florence Portelli et Maël de Calan rejoignent Valérie Pécresse à Libres!". Le Figaro (in French). 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Les Républicains. Maël de Calan quitte la présidence dans le Finistère". Ouest-France (in French). 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Finistère. Maël de Calan quitte Les Républicains". Ouest-France (in French). 1 August 2018.
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sciences Po alumni
- HEC Paris alumni
- Rally for the Republic politicians
- Union for a Popular Movement politicians
- The Republicans (France) politicians
- French city councillors
- Presidents of French departments
- Candidates for the 2017 French legislative election
- 21st-century French politicians