Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
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| Nicolas Dupont-Aignan | |
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| President of France Arise | |
| Assumed office 23 November 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 12 June 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Michel Berson |
| Constituency | Essonne's 8th |
| Mayor of Yerres | |
| Assumed office 25 June 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Marc Lucas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1961 Paris, France |
| Political party | France Arise |
| Residence | Yerres, Essonne |
| Alma mater | IEP de Paris École nationale d'administration |
| Website | http://www.nda-2017.fr http://www.debout-la-france.fr/ |
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (French: [ni.kɔ.la dy.pɔ̃.ɛɲ.ɑ̃] born Nicolas Dupont, 7 March 1961) is a French right-wing politician. He has been a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Essonne's 8th constituency, since 1997. He has also served as Mayor of Yerres, Essonne since 1995.
A member of the right-wing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party until January 2007, he then founded the Gaullist and souverainist party Debout la France (DLF) in November 2008. He is a co-president of the European political party EUDemocrats - Alliance for a Europe of Democracies. He ran for President in 2017 and endorsed the far-right runner-up Marine Le Pen in the second round.
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Early life
Dupont-Aignan was born on 7 March 1961 in Paris.[1]
Political career
2007 presidential election
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Dupont-Aignan intended to run for the 2007 presidential election but failed to gather the necessary 500 signatures of elected officials.
2012 presidential election
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In November 2010, Dupont-Aignan announced his intention to run for the 2012 presidential election[2] and in March 2012 he announced that he had obtained the necessary 500 signatures to run as an official candidate.
Dupont-Aignan received 644,043 votes on the first ballot, or 1.79% of the votes cast, finishing seventh. His best showing (24.88%) was in Yerres, of which he is mayor.
2017 presidential election
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In March 2017, Dupont-Aignan secured the necessary 500 signatures to run in the 2017 presidential election.[3] In the initial round of voting on April 23, he came in sixth place, receiving 1,695,000 votes, or 4.70% of the vote total.[4] Dupont-Aignan subsequently endorsed Marine Le Pen for the second round.[5]
On 28 April 2017, Dupont-Aignan announced his support for the runner-up Marine Le Pen, who in return pledged to appoint him as prime minister should she win.[6][7][8]
Political positions
Dupont-Aignan has been described as a nationalist,[8] a protectionist,[8] and a eurosceptic.[7] He describes himself as a Gaullist.[6][7] Dupont-Aignan supports a French withdrawl from the EU and endorsed Brexit.[6] Although sharing many similar views with Marine Le Pen,[7] he is considered less hardline than her and had criticzed her in the past.[6][8]
Dupont-Aignan strongly advocates leaving the euro, calling it a "racket", and proposes returning to the franc and retaining the euro only as a reserve currency.[9]
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External links
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- Arise the Republic's official website (French)
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan's blog (French)
- EUDemocrats' official website
- Official page on the French National Assembly website (French)
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