Daniel Spagnou (born 22 September 1940 in

Barcelonnette Barcelonnette (; , also ; obsolete ) is a Communes of France, commune of France and a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Departments of France, department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is l ...

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) was a member of the

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. He represented the second constituency of

department as a member of the

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from 2002 to 2012.

Biography

Daniel Spagnou worked as a savings bank manager, he is now retired. He entered politics by becoming mayor of Sisteron on 14 March 1983. He still holds this position, his list having obtained 57% of the votes cast in 2020. From 15 April 1985 to 18 March 2001 he was a member of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence General Council. He was vice-president from 1988 to 2001. For ten years, from 23 March 1992 to 1 July 2002, he was also a member of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council, of which he was vice-president from 1992 to 1998. On 16 June 2002 he was elected deputy for the 2nd constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence for the 12th legislature (2002–2007). He beat outgoing MP Robert Honde, former PRG mayor of

Manosque Manosque (; Provençal Occitan: ''Manòsca'' in classical norm or ''Manosco'' in Mistralian norm) is the largest town and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. However, it is not the ''préfecture'' (capital ...

in the second round, collecting 59.91% of the vote in the second round. He was re-elected deputy on 17 June 2007, for the 13th legislature (2007–2012), beating, in the second round,

Christophe Castaner Christophe Castaner (; born 3 January 1966) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Interior from 16 October 2018 to 6 July 2020 under President Emmanuel Macron. He had been elected in 2017 for a three-year term as chairman (''délég ...

, the PS mayor of Forcalquier, with 53.97% of the vote. He sat in the UMP group. He belonged to the Committee on Cultural Affairs and was a member of the National Assembly delegation on women's rights and equal opportunities between men and women. He was a member of the National Assembly's Tibet Study Group. In January 2011, he announced on his site that he would not be a candidate in the 2012 legislative elections. At the end of 2017, he joined Agir, the constructive right.

Titles

* Officer of the Legion of Honour, 14 July 2019. * Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1999.

References

1940 births Living people People from Barcelonnette Rally for the Republic politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Popular Right Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{France-politician-RPR-stub