Christelle Morançais (; born 28 January 1975) is a French politician of the Horizons party who has been serving as the Regional Council President for the

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...

region since 2017.

Early career

A graduate of a business school, Morançais worked for twenty years in real estate. Together with her husband, she eventually founded the real estate company MegAgence in 2009.

Political career

Morançais was a member of the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...

and later the Republicans (LR) from 2015. In 2018, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet of LR leader

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. From 2019, she served as deputy chair of LR under the leadership of Christian Jacob. In December 2021, Morançais became one of the six spokespersons for the LR candidate for the 2022 presidential election,

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. After Pécresse dropped out of the race, Morançais endorsed

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.Marion Mourgue (2 September 2022)
Christelle Morançais officialise son départ des Républicains
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''. Morançais left the Republicans in late 2022 and instead joined Horizons in 2024.Ex-LR et présidente des Pays de la Loire, Christelle Morançais rejoint Edouard Philippe
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References

1975 births Living people Presidents of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire The Republicans (France) politicians Politicians from Pays de la Loire People from Le Mans Presidents of French regions and overseas collectivities 21st-century French women politicians {{France-politician-stub