Guillaume Peltier Explained

Guillaume Peltier
Office:Member of the National Assembly
for Loir-et-Cher's 2nd constituency
Term Start:21 June 2017
Term End:20 June 2022
Office1:Member of the
Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire
Term Start1:18 December 2015
Term End1:2 July 2021
Office2:Mayor of Neung-sur-Beuvron
Term Start2:30 March 2014
Term End2:13 July 2017
Predecessor2:Michel Legourd
Successor2:Édith Bresson
Predecessor:Patrice Martin-Lalande
Birth Date:27 August 1976
Birth Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Party:Independent member of European Conservatives and Reformists (since 2024)
Education:Lycée Buffon
Lycée Lakanal
Alma Mater:Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Children:5
Otherparty:FN (1996–1998)
MNR (1998–2000)
MPF (2001–2008)
UMP (2009–2015)
LR (2015–2022)
REC (2022–2024)
Successor:Roger Chudeau
Office3:Member of the European Parliament
for France
Term Start3:16 July 2024
Occupation:Teacher • Politician

Guillaume Peltier (in French pronounced as /ɡijom pɛltje/; born 27 August 1976) is a French politician, former teacher and business leader, who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024. He represented the 2nd constituency of the Loir-et-Cher department in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He has also served in the Departmental Council of Loir-et-Cher for the canton of Chambord since 2021. A former member of The Republicans, Peltier joined Reconquête to support Éric Zemmour's presidential candidacy in 2022.

Career

Peltier is a former member of the National Front (FN) and former leader of its youth section. He led The Strong Right, a right-wing populist faction of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), later The Republicans (LR), similar to The Popular Right faction. Peltier was a founder of the anti-abortion student group Young Christian Action (Jeunesse Action Chrétienté).[1]

In 2014, he was elected as mayor of Neung-sur-Beuvron and chairman of the Communauté de Communes de la Sologne des Etangs.

In 2017, he was elected member of the Parlement.

On 9 January 2022, Peltier joined Reconquête (R!) to become party leader Éric Zemmour's deputy, in support of Zemmour's campaign in the 2022 presidential election. Zemmour has stated Peltier joining the party would allow it to heavily increase its access into local political structures.[2] Earlier, Peltier was spokesman (2016–2017) and vice president (2019–2021) of The Republicans (LR). In the 2022 French legislative election he lost his seat after being eliminated in the first round.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Popu mais content. Christophe. Forcari. Libération.
  2. Web site: Présidentielle : le député LR Guillaume Peltier annonce rejoindre Eric Zemmour. 2022-01-09. Europe 1. 9 January 2022 . fr.
  3. Web site: Législatives 2022 : la claque pour Guillaume Peltier, éliminé dès le premier tour . 2022-06-13 . France 3 Centre-Val de Loire . 12 June 2022 . fr-FR.