Alexandre Avril (born 19 April 1992) is a French politician of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR). He has been a member of the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire since 2021,[1] and has served as mayor of Salbris since 2020.[2] Since 2024, he has served as a vice president of the UDR.[3]
Alexandre Avril | |
|---|---|
| Regional Councillor of Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2021 | |
| Mayor of Salbris | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Olivier Pavy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1992 |
| Political party | Union of the Right for the Republic (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | The Republicans (until 2024) |
| Relatives | Jacky Avril (uncle) |
Early life and career
editAvril is the nephew of Jacky Avril.[4] His maternal relatives were merchants and his paternal grandfather worked as a security guard for Matra.[4] He grew up in Salbris and moved to Paris, where he studied at the École normale supérieure and HEC Paris, founded a development consulting firm for collectivities, and worked as parliamentary assistant to Socialist Party senator Jeanny Lorgeoux.[5]
Avril was elected mayor of Salbris in the 2020 municipal elections, as the lead candidate of an independent right-wing list.[6] In July 2020, he was elected president of Sologne des Rivières.[7] In the 2021 regional election in Centre-Val de Loire, he was designated as lead candidate of the Union of the Right and Centre in Loir-et-Cher,[8] and was elected to the regional council.[1] He was elected unopposed as leader of The Republicans in Loir-et-Cher in November 2023,[9] and took office in March 2024.[10][11] He defended his PhD thesis, on the philosophies of René Girard and Friedrich Nietzsche, in December 2023.[12]
Ahead of the 2024 legislative election, Avril supported Éric Ciotti's alliance with the National Rally.[13][14] In September 2024, he announced his intention to resign as leader of the Loir-et-Cher Republicans the following month, in order to join Ciotti's newly founded Union of the Right for the Republic.[11] In October 2024, he was appointed as a vice president of the UDR.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Voici les 77 nouveaux élus du Conseil régional de Centre-Val de Loire". La République du Centre (in French). 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Alexandre Avril devient maire". Le Petit Solognot (in French). 8 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Info JDNews - Éric Ciotti dévoile l'équipe dirigeante de l'Union des droites pour la République". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). 2 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Salbris – Municipales : Alexandre Avril veut servir sa ville". Le Petit Solognot (in French). 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Alexandre Avril candidat à la mairie de Salbris". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Municipales 2020 : à Salbris, Alexandre Avril remporte la mairie avec 57,95% des voix" (in French). France Info. 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Alexandre Avril élu président". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Régionales 2021 : avec Alexandre Avril, la droite mise sur la jeunesse en Loir-et-Cher". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Loir-et-Cher : Alexandre Avril veut remettre Les Républicains au centre de l'échiquier". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Loir-et-Cher : LR se réorganise autour d'Alexandre Avril". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 5 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Loir-et-Cher : l'avenir de la fédération Les Républicains en question". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Salbris : Alexandre Avril, un chercheur en philosophie à la mairie". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Loir-et-Cher : Alexandre Avril sur la même longueur d'onde qu'Éric Ciotti". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Loir-et-Cher : les LR d'Alexandre Avril franchissent le Rubicon pour s'entendre avec le RN". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 12 June 2024.