| René Couanau | |
| Office: | Mayor of Saint-Malo |
| Term Start: | 25 March 1989 |
| Term End: | 4 April 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Marcel Planchet |
| Successor: | Claude Renoult |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Ille-et-Vilaine's 7th constituency |
| Term Start2: | 23 June 1988 |
| Term End2: | 19 June 2012 |
| Predecessor2: | New constituency |
| Successor2: | Gilles Lurton |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Malo, France |
| Death Place: | Saint-Malo, France |
| Party: | UMP (2002-2010) |
| Otherparty: | UDF (until 2002) |
| Alma Mater: | ÉNA |
René Couanau (10 July 1936 – 30 November 2024) was a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly of France between 1988 and 2012. He represented the Ille-et-Vilaine department,[1] and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
From 1989, he was mayor of Saint-Malo,[2] the second largest city in Ille-et-Vilaine,[3] but was defeated 30 March 2014 by his former deputy major Claude Renoult.
Couanau died in Saint-Malo on 30 November 2024, at the age of 88.[4]