| Jean Leonetti | |
| Office: | Mayor of Antibes |
| Term Start: | 25 June 1995 |
| Predecessor: | Pierre Merli |
| Office2: | President of The Republicans (interim) |
| Term Start2: | 2 June 2019 |
| Term End2: | 13 October 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Successor2: | Christian Jacob |
| Office3: | Secretary of State for European Affairs |
| President3: | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Primeminister3: | François Fillon |
| Predecessor3: | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Successor3: | Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Term Start3: | 29 June 2011 |
| Term End3: | 10 May 2012 |
| Office4: | Member of the National Assembly for Alpes-Maritimes's 7th constituency |
| Term Start4: | 20 June 2012 |
| Term End4: | 20 June 2017 |
| Predecessor4: | Michel Rossi |
| Successor4: | Éric Pauget |
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Marseille, France |
| Party: | The Republicans (2015–present) |
| Otherparty: | Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) |
| Alma Mater: | Aix-Marseille University |
Jean Leonetti (born 9 July 1948) is a French cardiologist[1] and politician who served as a member of National Assembly from 1997 to 2011 and again from 2012 to 2017,[2] representing Alpes-Maritimes's 7th constituency. He a former president of the Republicans and is also a member of the Radical Party.
Following Jean-François Copé’s resignation as chair of the UMP, Leonetti supported Bruno Le Maire’s candidacy to succeed Copé.[3] He later endorsed Alain Juppé in the Republicans’ primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential election.[4]
In 2015, Leonetti authored legislation allowed patients with hours or days to live to stop treatment and request to be placed under general anaesthetic until the moment they die.[5] [6]
In his capacity as Minister of European Affairs, Leonetti said in 2011 the Eurozone could survive even if Greece were forced out of the currency union.[7]