René Danesi (born 30 August 1947) is a French politician, elected a senator for Haut-Rhin in 2014.

René Danesi
Senator for Haut-Rhin
Assumed office
1 October 2014
Personal details
Born (1947-08-30) 30 August 1947 (age 77)
NationalityFrench

Biography

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Danesi studied at Sciences Po Strasbourg.

Danesi was the mayor of Tagsdorf, Haut-Rhin from 1974 to 2017 as well as the 3rd vice-president of the Regional council of Alsace. A member of the UDI party, he was elected as a senator for Haut-Rhin on the list led by Catherine Troendlé on September 28th, 2014. He has sat within the UMP and The Republicans parliamentary groups. Between 2017 and 2018, Danesi was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[1]

Dabesi supported candidate Nicolas Sarkozy in the open primary of the right and centre in 2016.[2] Then he supported Laurent Wauquiez in the 2017 The Republicans leadership election which Wauquiez won.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "René Danesi" (in French). Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Serge Dassault et Patrick Balkany parmi les parlementaires qui soutiennent Nicolas Sarkozy". Le Monde (in French). September 9, 2016.
  3. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (October 11, 2017). "La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez". L'Opinion (in French).
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