| Axel Poniatowski | |
| Office: | Member of the French National Assembly for Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency |
| Term Start: | 19 June 2002 |
| Term End: | 20 June 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Jean-Pierre Pernot |
| Successor: | Guillaume Vuilletet |
| Office2: | Mayor of L'Isle-Adam |
| Term Start2: | 2 February 1999 |
| Term End2: | September 2017 |
| Predecessor2: | Michel Poniatowski |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Nationality: | French |
| Party: | The Republicans |
| Alma Mater: | ISG Business School |
Axel Poniatowski (born 3 August 1951) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017.[1] He represented Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.[1]
Prince Axel Poniatowski was born on 3 August 1951 in Rabat, Morocco.[2] He grew up in Morocco and in the United States, following his father the diplomat Michel Poniatowski.[2] Later, he also lived in the US for five more years, and in Saudi Arabia for three years.[2] He was the mayor of Isle-Adam from 1999 to 2017.[3],[4] and the Representative of Val d'Oise from 2002 to 2017.[2] He served as the President of the foreign affairs commission in the French National Assembly.[1] He was defeated in the 2017 election by Guillaume Vuilletet of La République En Marche! (LREM). He is a distant relative of the last king of Poland Stanisław II August and of Marshal Józef Poniatowski.
He worked in the private sector for 25 years.[2] He speaks English, Spanish, and some Arabic.[2] In 2008, he supported Barack Obama.[5] [6]