Patrick Vignal | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly for Hérault's 9th constituency |
Predecessor: | Constituency established |
Successor: | Charles Alloncle |
Term Start: | 20 June 2012 |
Term End: | 9 June 2024 |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1958 |
Birth Place: | Montpellier, France |
Party: | Renaissance (2017–present) |
Otherparty: | Socialist Party (until 2017) |
Patrick Vignal (pronounced as /fr/; born 22 January 1958) is a French politician who represented the 9th constituency of the Hérault department in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2024. A member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!) who was originally elected to Parliament as a member of the Socialist Party (PS), he previously served as a Deputy Mayor of Montpellier (2001–2012) and held the canton of Montpellier-4 seat in the General Council of Hérault (2008–2012).
Vignal was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2012 legislative election. He was reelected in 2017 and 2022.[1] [2] He ran for reelection to a fourth term in office in the 2024 snap election; placing third in the first round of voting, he withdrew ahead of the second round.[3]
In Parliament, Vignal served as a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[4] In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French-Cuban parliamentary friendship group.