Alain Rousset (; born 16 February 1951) is a French politician. Rousset is the

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president of the

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region of France, and a Deputy in the National Assembly of France, representing the 7th constituency of the Gironde.

Political career

President of the Regional Council of Aquitaine, 1998–2015

Rousset was elected to the Regional Council of Aquitaine in the 1998 elections and then reelected in

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. In 2010, Rousset proposed a "Plan for Digital Aquitaine".

Member of the National Assembly, 2007–2017

Rousset entered the National Assembly in the 2007 elections, representing Gironde's 7th constituency. In parliament, he served on the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces. In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Rousset endorsed

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as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election. On 11 February 2014, Rousset was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President

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in honor of President

at the

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. In the Socialist Party's presidential primaries, Rousset endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election. He later supported

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in the elections.Jeanne Travers (24 April 2017)
Alain Rousset : "J'ai voté Macron au premier tour" de la présidentielle
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References

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''Le Monde'' 1951 births Living people Presidents of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Members of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Sciences Po alumni Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic People from Loire (department) Socialist Party (France) politicians {{France-politician-Socialist-stub