Alain Cadec (born 21 June 1953) is a French politician of the

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(LR) who has been serving as a member of the

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since the

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, representing the

Côtes-d'Armor The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

(MEP) for the West France constituency from 2009 until 2019.

Career in local politics

Cadec has been a municipal councillor in

Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton language, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo language, Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. History ...

since

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and he has been a member of the governing coalition in the city since 2001. He has also been general councillor for the Canton of Saint-Brieuc-Nord since 2001.

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–2019

In the 2009 European elections, Cadec was the third candidate on the UMP list in the West region and was elected to the

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. Throughout his time in parliament, he served on the

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, which he was the chairman of from 2014 until 2019. In this capacity, he was the Parliament's

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on landing obligation (part of a reform of the

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). Between 2009 and 2014, Cadec was also a member of the

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. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee since 2014. He was also one of the vice chairs of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas. In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, Cadec endorsed

Laurent Wauquiez Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from 2016 to 2024. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 follow ...

Other activities

* Robert Schuman Foundation, Member of the Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors
Robert Schuman Foundation.

References

1953 births Living people People from Côte-Nord Union for a Popular Movement MEPs MEPs for West France 2009–2014 MEPs for West France 2014–2019 The Republicans (France) MEPs {{France-MEP-stub