Philippe Vigier

Philippe Vigier (born 3 February 1958) is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as Minister of the Overseas in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2023.[1] He previously represented the 4th constituency of the Eure-et-Loir department in the National Assembly from 2007 to 2023.[2] He is a member of the Democratic Movement, which he joined in 2020 upon leaving The Centrists. Vigier has also held a seat in the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire since 2021, previously holding office from 1995 to 2014.[lower-alpha 1]

Not to be confused with Philippe Vigier (historian).
Philippe Vigier
Minister of the Overseas
Assumed office
20 July 2023
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byJean-François Carenco
President of the Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories group in the National Assembly
In office
17 October 2018 – 8 September 2020
Served with Bertrand Pancher
Preceded byGroup established
Succeeded bySylvia Pinel
President of the Union of Democrats and Independents group in the National Assembly
In office
14 April 2014 – 20 June 2017
Preceded byJean-Louis Borloo
Succeeded byStéphane Demilly
Franck Riester
Member of the National Assembly
for Eure-et-Loir's 4th constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2007
Preceded byAlain Venot
Mayor of Cloyes-sur-le-Loir
In office
18 March 2001 – 4 September 2017
Preceded byJacques Jouvelet
Succeeded byClaude Martin
Personal details
Born (1958-02-03) 3 February 1958
Valence, France
Political partyDemocratic Movement (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		Union for French Democracy (until 2007)
The Centrists (2007–2020)
Union of Democrats and Independents (2012–2017)
Alma materClermont Auvergne University

Early life and education

At age 16, Vigier campaigned for Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in the 1974 presidential election.[3]

Political career

Career in local politics

A biologist by occupation, Vigier became Deputy Mayor of Châteaudun and a regional councillor of Centre in 1995, positions he held until 1998 and 2014, respectively. In 2001, he was elected to the mayorship of Cloyes-sur-le-Loir, Eure-et-Loir.

Member of the National Assembly, 2007–present

In the 2007 legislative election, Vigier was elected to the National Assembly in the first round with over 57% of the vote in the 4th constituency of Eure-et-Loir with the support of President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement.

In parliament, Vigier presided over the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) group from 2014 to 2017. He served on the Committee on Social Affairs; he was a member of the Committee on Finance from 2007 to 2019.

In addition to his committee assignments, Vigier was a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Armenia and Italy.[4] He has also been serving as member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2022, where he is part of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development.[5]

In 2018, Vigier was a founding member of the Liberties and Territories (LT) parliamentary group,[6] which he co-presided until he left the group for the Democratic Movement in 2020.

In the 2015 regional election, Vigier led the Union of the Right and Centre (UDC) list in Centre-Val de Loire (formerly Centre).[7] Despite favourable polls, the UDC list was narrowly defeated in the second round by the left-wing list led by outgoing Regional Council President François Bonneau. Vigier declined to take a seat in the regional council.[8] In 2021, he was returned to the regional council on the list led by Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau.

Notes
  1. The region was then named Centre.

References
  1. Nathalie Guibert (21 July 2023), Remaniement: à peine nommé, le ministre des outre-mer Philippe Vigier déjà critiqué Le Monde.
  2. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  3. "Ils se souviennent de VGE : le député d'Eure-et-Loir Philippe Vigier s'est engagé en politique grâce à lui", L'Écho républicain, 3 December 2020.
  4. Philippe Vigier, French National Assembly.
  5. Philippe Vigier Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  6. Tristan Quinault-Maupoil and Mathilde Siraud (17 October 2018), Assemblée nationale : création d'un nouveau groupe baptisé «Libertés et territoires», Le Figaro.
  7. "Philippe Vigier lance sa campagne des régionales 2015 en Centre-Val de Loire", France Bleu, 27 June 2015.
  8. "Battu, Philippe Vigier renonce à siéger à la Région", France Bleu, 16 December 2015.
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