The 2002 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election was held on November 17, 2002 to elect the leadership of the newly created Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire, UMP).
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President before election
party created
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Elected President
Alain Juppé
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Alain Juppé, a former Prime Minister and close ally of President Jacques Chirac, became the new party's first president.
Presidential candidates
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Candidates seeking to run for the party presidency needed to win the endorsements of at least 3% of party members. Each candidate created a "ticket" with two other party members for the offices of vice-president and secretary-general of the UMP.
- Alain Juppé: mayor of Bordeaux, deputy for the Gironde's 2nd constituency and former Prime Minister between 1995 and 1997 (ex-RPR)
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: mayor of Yerres and deputy for the Essonne's 8th constituency (ex-RPR)
- Candidate for vice president: Sylvie Perrin (ex-RPR)
- Candidate for secretary-general: Christophe Beaudouin (ex-RPR)
- Rachid Kaci: former member of Alain Madelin's campaign staff in the 2002 presidential election (ex-DL)
- Brigitte Freytag: ex-RPR
- Candidate for vice president: Alexandre Chermezon (ex-RPR)
- Candidate for secretary-general: Cyril Lendrin (ex-RPR)
- Mourad Ghazli: ex-RPR
- Candidate for vice president: Catherine Rigny
- Candidate for secretary-general: Philippe Licha
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