Jean-Michel Arnaud
Jean-Michel Arnaud | |
|---|---|
Arnaud in 2021 | |
| Senator for Hautes-Alpes | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Patricia Morhet-Richaud |
| Mayor of Tallard | |
| In office 12 March 2001 – 2 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Favre |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Borel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1966 Gap, France |
| Party | The Centrists |
| Other political affiliations | Union for French Democracy (1998–2007) Democratic Movement (2007–2008) Union for a Popular Movement (2008–2015) The Republicans (2015–2017) |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Jean-Michel Arnaud (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃miʃɛl aʁno]; born 28 April 1966) is a French farmer and politician who has served as the Senator for Hautes-Alpes since 2020.[1] A member of The Centrists (LC), he sits with the Centrist Union group in the Senate. From 2001 to 2020, Arnaud served as mayor of Tallard.
Career
In the 2020 election, running under the miscellaneous centre (DVC) banner, he defeated outgoing Senator Patricia Morhet-Richaud of The Republicans (LR) by nine votes to represent Hautes-Alpes in the Senate.[2][3] Arnaud had previously run in 2014, placing second in the first round behind Jean-Yves Dusserre and withdrawing ahead of the second round.
Locally, Arnaud previously served as the member of the General Council of Hautes-Alpes for the canton of Tallard (1998–2015) and held the mayorship of Tallard, a village south of Gap (2001–2020), as well as the presidency of the Communauté de communes de Tallard-Barcillonnette (2014–2016), before the Communauté d'agglomération Gap-Tallard-Durance was established in 2017 as its successor.
References
- ^ "M. Jean-Michel Arnaud" (in French). Senate.
- ^ "Élections sénatoriales : résultats définitifs". www.hautes-alpes.gouv.fr (in French). 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Hautes-Alpes : le sénateur Jean-Michel Arnaud intègre deux commissions". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). 21 October 2020.