Christophe Plassard

Christophe Plassard spent his childhood in the Paris suburbs. He then left the Paris region for Royan, where he settled. He runs a business specializing in corporate advertising.[1] For 15 years, he was a member of the Centre de jeunes Dirigeants du Poitou, of which he was also president.[2] He was then co-president of the Club d'Entreprises de Royan and vice-president of the Conseil Économique Social et Environnemental Régional Nouvelle-Aquitaine.[2]

Politically, he first joined the Union for a Popular Movement and became part of the Joppéist movement. He ran for mayor of Royan in 2008 and 2010 (partial municipal election), but failed both times.[1][2] He joined the ranks of Emmanuel Macron's party and became an opposition municipal councillor in Royan in 2020.[1][2] Initially a member of Franck Riester's Agir party, he later joined Édouard Philippe's Horizons party.[3][4]

Designated by Horizons as part of the Ensemble coalition in the fifth constituency of Charente-Maritime for the 2022 legislative elections, with Vanessa Parent, councillor for Oléron,[1] as deputy. He came second in the first round, with 23.83%, behind candidate Séverine Werbrouck of the Rassemblement National.[1] Édouard Philippe supported him between the two rounds.[5] Plassard won the second round with 51.74% of the votes cast against the Rassemblement National candidate.[1] In this traditional right-wing bastion, he succeeds Didier Quentin (LR), who was eliminated in the first round.[1][5]