Bernard Brochand

Bernard Brochand (born 5 June 1938 in Nice) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2001 to 2002. He represented the 8th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department, as a member of the Republicans.[1] His constituency covered the Riviera resort of Cannes.[2]

Bernard Brochand
Bernard Brochand
Member of the National Assembly
for Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency
In office
2 April 2001 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byLouise Moreau
Succeeded byAlexandra Martin
Mayor of Cannes
In office
2001–2014
Preceded byMaurice Delauney
Succeeded byDavid Lisnard
Personal details
Born (1938-06-05) 5 June 1938
Nice, France
Political partyThe Republicans
Alma materHEC Paris

Professional life

His career began at Procter & Gamble, before rising to be the head of Eurocom in 1975, and DDB International publicity agency in 1989.

His lifelong passion for sport, and especially football lead to his joining the administration council of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in 1971, and becoming the president of the club association at the end of the 1990s.

Political life

He is a member of The Republicans (LR) group in the National Assembly. In 2004, he co-signed a proposition to re-establish the death penalty for acts of terrorism.[3]

At 79, he became the Father of the House at the 2017 parliamentary election.[2]

He did not seek re-election in the 2022 French legislative election.[4]

References
  1. Office of the Secretary General (2012). "Bernard Brochand". Assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. Burrows-Taylor, Evie (19 June 2017). "A look inside France's new, younger and less male dominated parliament". www.thelocal.fr. Archived from the original on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  3. http://www.assemblee- Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine nationale.fr/12/propositions/pion1521.asp
  4. "Législatives 2022: Le siège d'un ténor LR à prendre dans la 8e circonscription des Alpes-Maritimes". 26 April 2022.


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