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Jean-Paul Garraud

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Jean-Paul Garraud
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
ConstituencyFrance
Member of the Regional Council of Occitania
Assumed office
2 July 2021
PresidentCarole Delga
Member of the National Assembly
for Gironde's 10th constituency
In office
19 June 2002 – 19 June 2012
Preceded byGilbert Mitterrand
Succeeded byFlorent Boudié
Personal details
Born (1956-02-27) 27 February 1956 (age 68)
Toulouse, France
Political partyNational Rally (since 2021)
The Republicans (2015-19)
Alma materFrench National School for the Judiciary
ProfessionMagistrate

Jean-Paul Garraud (born 27 February 1956) is a French politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A cofounder of The Popular Right, he is former member of the National Assembly, where he represented the 10th constituency of Gironde from 2002 to 2012.[1]

A magistrate by occupation, he was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) from 2002, later The Republicans (LR). Since 2019, he has been an Independent. In the 2019 European Parliament election, he was elected on the National Rally (RN) list along with other Independents, most notably Thierry Mariani. In 2021, Marine Le Pen announced she would appoint Garraud as Minister of Justice were she to win the 2022 presidential election.[2] He was re-elected to the European Parliament in 2024.[3]

Garraud will lead the RN list in the 2021 regional election in Occitania; he received support from two influential politicians in the region for the list's leadership: Perpignan Mayor Louis Aliot and Béziers Mayor Robert Ménard.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Jean-Paul Garraud, un ministre de la Justice pour Marine Le Pen", L'Opinion (in French), 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Européennes 2024 : qui sont les 81 députés français élus au Parlement ?". Le Monde.fr (in French). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Régionales: le RN investit l'ancien LR Jean-Paul Garraud en Occitanie", Le Point (in French), 23 February 2021.