Natacha Bouchart Explained

Natacha Bouchart
Office:Mayor of Calais
Term Start:22 March 2008
Predecessor:Jacky Hénin
Office2:Member of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
Term Start2:1 January 2016
President2:Xavier Bertrand
Office3:Member of the French Senate
for Pas-de-Calais
Term Start3:1 October 2011
Term End3:12 January 2016
Successor3:Jean-François Rapin
Birth Name:Natacha Keuroglanian
Birth Date:29 May 1963
Birth Place:Lens, France

Natacha Bouchart (born 29 May 1963) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) and formerly Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).[1]

Life and career

Bouchart was born at Lens. She has served as Mayor of Calais since 2008 and was elected to represent Pas-de-Calais in the French Senate in 2011.[2]

Ahead of the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Bouchart endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.[3]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Bouchart publicly declared her support for incumbent Emmanuel Macron and criticized the Republicans’ candidate Valérie Pécresse.[4] [5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Natacha Bouchart . Natacha Bouchart . 2016-07-07.
  2. Web site: Anciens sénateurs Vème République : BOUCHART Natacha . Senat.fr . 2016-07-07.
  3. Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (9 September 2016), Primaire à droite : la maire de Calais Natacha Bouchart soutient Nicolas Sarkozy Le Figaro.
  4. Marion Mourgue (11 February 2022), Natacha Bouchart, maire LR de Calais : «Je souhaite qu'Emmanuel Macron soit réélu» Le Figaro.
  5. https://www.france24.com/en/france/20220211-defections-sap-conservative-contender-p%C3%A9cresse-in-french-presidential-race Defections sap conservative contender Pécresse in French presidential race