Arnaud Viala (born 4 December 1974) is a French politician of
the Republicans who was
Member of Parliament for the
Aveyron's 3rd constituency
The 3rd constituency of the Aveyron is a French legislative constituency in the Aveyron ''département''.
Deputies
Election results
2024
2022
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2012
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in the
French National Assembly
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from 2015 to 2021.
Political career
In Parliament, Viala serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French Parliamentary Friendship Groups with
Central America
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and
Central Asia
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.
In the Republicans'
2016 presidential primaries, Viala endorsed
Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the c ...
as the party's candidate for the office of
President of France
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. In the Republicans'
2017 leadership election, he 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 ...
.
In 2021 he resigned from parliament to become president of the
Departmental Council of Aveyron.
See also
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2017 French legislative election
Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 Member of Parliament (France), members of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Rep ...
References
1974 births
Living people
People from Millau
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
The Republicans (France) politicians
Members of Parliament for Aveyron
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