Jean-Pierre Grand (born 18 November 1950) is a French

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. He served as the

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of Castelnau-Le-Lez from 1977 to 2017 and as deputy in the French

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from 2002 to 2012. Jean-Pierre Grand was elected Deputy on 16 June 2002, for the 12th legislature (2002–2007), in the 3rd circonscription of

Hérault Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right List of political parties in France, political party in France that was one of the two major party, major contemporary political pa ...

(UMP). He is a former assistant to famed French politician Jacques Chaban-Delmas, who served as his political mentor. As of 2006, Grand is faithful to the political family of Jacques Chirac, the

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, notably former

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and

Dominique de Villepin Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (; born 14 November 1953) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007 under President Jacques Chirac. In his career working at the Ministry ...

and minister

Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans, part of the Eu ...

. Grand openly supported De Villepin as a potential candidate for the 2007 French presidential election, against controversial candidate, former president of UMP, ultimately elected President, Nicolas Sarkozy.

personally visited, as Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Grand's city, Castelnau-Le-Lez, on 8 December 2006. https://soundcloud.com/yflamkcpbdglbblckjck/

Sources and external links

Grand's bio on the official National Assembly website

Jean-Pierre Grand's Blog
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