Jean-Jacques Candelier


Jean-Jacques Candelier is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Nord department, and is a member of the Gauche démocrate et républicaine.
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Biography

Jean-Jacques Candelier has been mayor of Bruille-lez-Marchiennes since 1977. He was a member of the Departmental Council of Nord from 1985 to 2008, and president of the Somain-Aniche intermunicipal association and then the Cœur d'Ostrevent community of municipalities from 1983 to 2014.
He was elected deputy on June 17, 2007, for the 13th legislature, in the 16th district of the North, defeating Michelle Derain in the second round with 66.09% of the vote. He thus succeeded Georges Hage, who did not stand for re-election. He became vice-chairman of the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly (France).
He was re-elected on June 17, 2012, in the second round of the 2012 French legislative election, obtaining 100% of the votes cast; the Socialist candidate who came second in the first round withdrew in his favor.
He did not stand for re-election in the 2017 legislative elections. However, he did stand for re-election in the 2020 municipal elections and was re-elected mayor.
In February 2022, Mediapart published an investigation into Fabien Roussel's role as parliamentary assistant to Jean-Jacques Candelier between 2009 and 2014, raising suspicions about a fictitious job. The former congressman defended Fabien Roussel.