Daniel Leca (born 1985) is a French centrist politician. He is a spokesperson of the

Union of Democrats and Independents The Union of Democrats and Independents (, , UDI) is a Liberalism, liberal List of political parties in France, political party in France and former electoral alliance founded on 18 September 2012 on the basis of the UDI and Independents group, e ...

Early life

He was born and raised in

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Career

Leca first worked as parliamentary assistant of Sauveur Gandolfi-Scheit, member of the

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representing

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. He was elected in 2010 as president of the youth movement of the Radical Party and appointed in late 2014 as a spokesperson of the

. He was elected in 2015 to the regional assembly of Haut-de-France. In October 2020, he was appointed vice-president of the regional assembly, in charge of Higher Education and Research, Europe, and State-Region relationships. In March 2020, he was elected city councillor in

Compiègne Compiègne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department of northern France. It is located on the river Oise (river), Oise, and its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois'' (). Administration Compiègne is t ...

References

Living people 1984 births University of Paris alumni Union of Democrats and Independents politicians {{France-politician-UDI-stub