Luc Chatel
Luc-Marie Chatel is a French politician of the Republicans who served as Minister of National Education in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from June 2009 to May 2012. In 2014, he served as the acting chair of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Also, Chatel served as the Secretary of state for Consumer Affairs and Tourism from June 2007 to March 2008, and Government's Spokesman from June 2009 until November 2010.
Political career
Governmental functions- Minister of National Education, Youth and Voluntary : 2010–2012.
- Minister of National Education, government's spokesman : 2009–2010.
- Secretary of State for Industry and Consumer Affairs, government's spokesman : 2008–2009.
- Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs and Tourism : 2007–2008.
National Assembly of France
- Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Marne : 2002-2007 / 2012–2017. Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007, 2012.
- Vice-president of the Regional Council of Champagne-Ardenne : 1998–2004.
- Regional councillor of Champagne-Ardenne : 1998–2010. Reelected in 2004.
- Mayor of Chaumont : 2008-2013.
- Municipal councillor of Chaumont : 1996-2002. 2008–2014. Reelected in 2001, 2008.
- Municipal councillor of Bayard-sur-Marne : 1993–1995.
- President of the Communes Community of the Pays chaumontais : 200–2014.
- Member of the Communes Community of the Pays chaumontais : 2008–2014.
- Spokesman of the Union for a Popular Movement : 2002–2007.
Political positions
From August 2012, Chatel – alongside Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Jean Leonetti and Marc Laffineur – led Modern and Humanist France, a recognized movement within the UMP. In the UMP's 2012 leadership election, he endorsed Jean-François Copé.
Ahead of the Republicans’ 2016 primaries, Chatel endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party’s candidate for 2017 presidential elections.