Joris Hébrard (born 31 May 1982) is a French politician who represented the 1st constituency of the Vaucluse department in the National Assembly from 2022 to 2023. A member of the National Rally (RN, formerly National Front, FN), he has served as Mayor of Le Pontet since 2023, previously holding the office from 2014 to 2022, with a brief interruption in 2015.

Joris Hébrard
Member of the National Assembly
for Vaucluse's 1st constituency
In office
22 June 2022 – 3 June 2023
Preceded bySouad Zitouni
Succeeded byCatherine Jaouen
Mayor of Le Pontet
Assumed office
4 May 2023
Preceded byPatrick Suisse
In office
6 June 2015 – 5 September 2022
Preceded byJean-Louis Cros[a]
Succeeded byPatrick Suisse
In office
5 April 2014 – 2 March 2015
Preceded byBéatrice Lecoq
Succeeded byJean-Louis Cros[a]
Personal details
Born (1982-05-31) 31 May 1982 (age 42)
Avignon, France
Political partyNational Rally
ResidenceLe Pontet, Vaucluse
OccupationPhysiotherapist
Politician

Biography

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A physiotherapist by occupation, Hébrard continued to practice his profession following his election to the mayorship of Le Pontet on 5 April 2014, after the National Front list he led in the municipal election received 42.6% of the vote in the second round, 7 votes ahead of the Union for a Popular Movement list.[1]

On 25 February 2015, the Conseil d'État ruled the 2014 municipal election was held irregularly and new election had to be called.[2] The prefect of Vaucluse installed a special delegation in Le Pontet until a new election was held,[3][4] which was won on 31 May 2015 in the first round by the list led by Hébrard with 59.4% of the vote.[5]

In the 2015 departmental election, Joris Hébrard, in pairs with Danielle Brun, was elected to the Departmental Council of Vaucluse in the canton of Le Pontet with 53.7% of the vote in the first round.[6] He took office on 2 April 2015. He was reelected in 2021 before he resigned effective 5 September 2022.

At the 2022 legislative election, he was the National Rally (former National Front) candidate in the 1st constituency of Vaucluse, centred on the prefecture Avignon. He was elected in the second round with 51.1% of the vote.[7] He resigned from the mayorship of Le Pontet after he took office in the National Assembly.

On 4 April 2023, it was announced that Hébrard would resign his parliamentary seat to return as Mayor of Le Pontet less than a year after his election. He had been criticised within his party for having taken part in the opening ceremony of a mosque in his constituency.[8] He was succeeded by his substitute Catherine Jaouen in the National Assembly.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b As president of the special delegation appointed by the prefect of Vaucluse.

References

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  1. ^ "Municipales 2014 : quelles sont les 14 mairies d'extrême droite ?". lemonde.fr (in French). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Le Pontet. Le conseil d'État annule l'élection municipale". ledauphine.com (in French). 25 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Le Pontet. Municipales annulées : la "délégation spéciale" au travail". ledauphine.com (in French). 3 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Vaucluse : Le Pontet, "ville FN", rejoue les municipales". lepoint.fr (in French). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Le candidat frontiste Joris Hébrard est largement réélu dès le premier tour de l'élection municipale partielle au Pontet, dans le Vaucluse". nouvelobs.com (in French). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Le Pontet : l'ex-maire Joris Hébrard élu dès le premier tour des départementales". midilibre.fr (in French). 22 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Législatives 2022 : Joris Hebrard (RN) élu député de la 1ère circonscription du Vaucluse". laprovence.com (in French). 2022-06-19. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Joris Hébrard, député RN, abandonne son mandat après avoir inauguré une mosquée". lemonde.fr (in French). 4 April 2023. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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