Bernard Lesterlin (born 18 September 1949) is a French civil servant and former member of the National Assembly. He has served as the Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna (1985–1986). He represented the 2nd constituency of the

Allier Allier ( , , ; oc, Alèir) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that borders Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire to the east, Puy-de-Dôme to the south, and Creuse to the south-west. Named afte ...

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from 2007 to 2017, and is a member of the Socialist Party. He was part of Ségolène Royal's political advisory team.

Early life

Lesterin was born in Vienne, Isère. The son of a doctor, Bernard Lesterlin was noted for his student activism in Grenoble (he was the founder of student group ''Mouvement d'action et de recherche critique''). He became Louis Mermaz's deputy chief of staff and then

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's assistant.

Civil servant

He was Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna in 1985 - 1986, sub-prefect of the

Arrondissement of Le Vigan The arrondissement of Le Vigan is an arrondissement of France in the Gard department in the Occitanie region. It has 74 communes. Its population is 39,243 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Le Vigan, and t ...

(Gard) from 1986 to 1989, as well as sub-prefect in

Montluçon Montluçon (; oc, Montleçon ) is a commune in central France on the river Cher. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department's prefecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as ...

until 2002.

Deputy

Lesterlin was a member of the Socialist Party for 35 years. He was elected deputy in the

2007 French legislative election The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, inclu ...

, in

Allier's 2nd constituency The 2nd constituency of Allier is a French legislative Constituency (France), constituency in the Allier departments of France, ''département''. Members elected Election results 2022 , - , colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , - ...

, beating Daniel Dugléry (UMP) in the second round with 53.39% of the vote. He succeeded Pierre Goldberg (PCF), who resigned on 16 March 2007. He was re-elected for a second term in the

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, beating Daniel Dugléry (UMP) in the second round. His alternate is Nicolas Brien. On 12 May 2016, he announced that he would leave the Socialist group in the National Assembly and go on leave from the Socialist Party. He did not stand for re-election at the 2017 election.

References

1949 births Living people Politicians from Vienne, Isère Administrator Superiors of Wallis and Futuna Socialist Party (France) politicians Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{WallisFutuna-politician-stub