Hubert Brigand (born 28 July 1952) is a French politician, a member of the Républicains party. He was elected deputy for the 4th constituency of Côte-d'Or in the 2022 legislative elections.[1] He was Côte-d'Or departmental councillor from 1988 to 2022 and mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1995 to 2022.
Hubert Brigand | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Yolaine de Courson |
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| Born | 28 July 1952 Châtillon-sur-Seine, France |
| Political party | The Republicans |
Biography
editHubert Brigand was mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine (Côte-d'Or, France) for 27 years, from 1995 to 2022.[2] He relinquished this position following his election as Member of Parliament in 2022, due to the law on the non-accumulation of mandates, and became first deputy mayor. His son Jérémie Brigand is also involved in politics.[2]
Political career
editMember of parliament
editHe was unsuccessful candidate in the 2017 legislative elections and narrowly qualified in second place in the first round in Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency in 2022. He won the second round by a wide margin with over 60% of the vote, the incumbent La République en Marche (LREM) candidate, up against a dissident Horizons candidate, having been narrowly eliminated in the previous round.[3][4]
In this second round against a National Rally candidate, he came out on top in 102 of the 107 communes in the constituency[5] where the local abstention rate of 48.81% was well below the national average.[6]
Other mandates
edit- Departmental councillor for the canton of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1988 to 2022.
- Mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1995 to 2022 (re-elected in the first round in 2008 and 2014).
- Châtillon-sur-Seine town councillor from 1989 to 1995 and since 2022.
- Regional councillor from 1998 to 2004.
- President of the Pays châtillonnais community of communes from 2011 to 2015, a position from which he resigned following the territorial reform.[7] He was succeeded by his son Jérémie Brigand, born in 1981, mayor of Massingy.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 - Côte-d'Or (21) - 4ème circonscription". ministère de l'Intérieur et des outre-mer (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ a b "Législatives 2022 : qui est Hubert Brigand, nouveau député LR du Châtillonnais en Côte-d'Or ?". France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (in French). 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Qui est Hubert Brigand sur France 3 Bourgogne?" [Who is Hubert Brigand on France 3 Burgundy?]. France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (in French). 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr. "Hubert Brigand élu député - Le Châtillonnais et l'Auxois". lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "102 communes sur 107... in Le Châtillonnais" [102 municipalities out of 107... in Le Châtillonnais]. lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "Législatives en Côte-d'Or in Le Parisie" [Legislative in Côte-d'Or in Le Parisie]. Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-06-20.
- ^ "J'arrête, point à la ligne" [I stop, full stop]. www.bienpublic.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "Jérémie Brigand sur France Bleu" [Jérémie Brigand on France Bleu]. ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2023-05-31.