Pierre-Yves Bournazel

Pierre-Yves Bournazel (born 31 August 1977) is a French politician who represented the 18th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He has been a member of Horizons since 2021, which he joined after leaving The Republicans (LR) in 2017. Bournazel has also held a seat on the Council of Paris since 2008.

Pierre-Yves Bournazel
Pierre-Yves Bournazel in 2019
Councillor of Paris
Assumed office
18 March 2008
Constituency18th arrondissement
MayorBertrand Delanoë
Anne Hidalgo
Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
In office
26 March 2010  4 July 2017
PresidentJean-Paul Huchon
Valérie Pécresse
Member of the National Assembly
for Paris's 18th constituency
In office
21 June 2017  21 June 2022
Preceded byChristophe Caresche
Succeeded byAymeric Caron
Personal details
Born (1977-08-31) 31 August 1977
Riom-ès-Montagnes, Cantal, France
Political partyHorizons (2021-present)
Other political
affiliations
Union for a Popular Movement (until 2015)
The Republicans (2015–2017)
Agir (2017–2022)
Alma materInstitut d'études politiques de Toulouse

Political career

Career in local politics

Upon Françoise de Panafieu's selection as the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) candidate for the 2008 Paris municipal election, Bournazel became her political advisor and later one of her two spokespersons – along with Jean-François Lamour – during the election campaign.[1] Ahead of the 2014 municipal election, he placed third in the UMP primary election won by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet.[2]

In 2010, he was elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France, where he sat in opposition. He was reelected in 2015 on the list led by Valérie Pécresse, which won a clear majority of seats and ended the Socialist majority first won in 1998. Bournazel sat as a regional councillor until he resigned in 2017 following his election to the National Assembly.

Career in national politics

Bournazel supported Alain Juppé in the 2016 The Republicans presidential primary.[3] Amid the Fillon affair, he announced that he would no longer support The Republicans' campaign.[4]

In the 2017 legislative election, Bournazel was elected to the National Assembly in the 18th constituency of Paris, winning against former Labour Minister Myriam El Khomri of the Socialist Party. He had previously run for the seat in 2012, but was defeated by incumbent Socialist Christophe Caresche. In Parliament, he served on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[5]

In November 2017, Bournazel joined the new Agir party.[6]

Bournazel announced that he would run in the 2020 Paris municipal election as an Independent candidate.[7] He renounced his candidacy on 16 January 2020;[8] instead he became the campaign spokesman of La République En Marche! nominee Agnès Buzyn.[9]

In the 2022 legislative election, Bournazel ran for a second term in the National Assembly, but was defeated by Aymeric Caron of the Ecological Revolution for the Living (REV) under the New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) coalition.[10]

Other activities

References

  1. Marie Quenet (16 December 2007), Le "jeune aboyeur" se fait entendre, Le Journal du Dimanche.
  2. Fiery centrist to take on Socialist for Paris mayor, France 24, 3 June 2013.
  3. Galiero, Emmanuel (29 January 2016). "Bournazel (LR) : "Voter Juppé, c'est sortir Hollande de l'Élysée"". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. François Fillon : "Jugez-moi sur mon parcours", Le Point, 3 March 2017.
  5. Pierre-Yves Bournazel, National Assembly.
  6. Contiguglia, Cat (26 November 2017). "French politicians launch new party in challenge to conservatives". POLITICO. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  7. à 18h00, Par Julien DufféLe 11 mars 2019 (11 March 2019). "Pierre-Yves Bournazel : "Je suis candidat à la mairie de Paris en dehors des partis"". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. "Elections municipales 2020 à Paris : Pierre-Yves Bournazel se rallie à Benjamin Griveaux". Le Monde.fr (in French). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  9. Marie-Anne Gairaud (12 June 2020), Municipales à Paris : «Agnès Buzyn a anticipé les enjeux de la crise économique et sociale», Le Parisien.
  10. "Aymeric Caron l’emporte dans la 18e circonscription de Paris face à Pierre-Yves Bournazel", Le Monde (in French), 19 June 2022.
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