Gilles Boyer (born 4 July 1971) is a French politician of the Horizons party. He has served as a

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since

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and was re-elected in

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Early life and education

Born to two university professors, Boyer spent his childhood in

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and in Ville-d'Avray in the

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

region. He obtained a master's degree in law from

Paris Nanterre University Paris Nanterre University (), formerly University of Paris West, Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. It is one of the most pres ...

and a postgraduate degree in public law in 1993 from

Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (), also known as Paris 1 (or Paris I) and Panthéon-Sorbonne University (or, together with Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University, simply as the Sorbonne), is a Public university, public rese ...

Early career

From 2002 to 2004, Boyer served as chief of staff to Mayor of Bordeaux

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at Bordeaux City Hall. After Juppé lost his office as mayor, he worked for media company Groupe M6 from 2004 until 2006. In 2006, he co-wrote a political novel with

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. Boyer later worked as political advisor to Juppé during his time as

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(2010–2011) and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (2011–2012). Boyer ran

’s campaign in the

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of The Republicans (LR) in 2016. Following the 2017 presidential election, he served as adviser to Philippe in his capacity as

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Political career

In the 2017 legislative elections, Boyer unsuccessfully ran as an LR candidate in Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency, losing against Jacques Maire. From

until 2022, Boyer was a

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of the European Parliament for two and a half years. His role as quaestor made him part of the Parliament's leadership under

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David Sassoli. Boyer has been a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (since 2019) and the Subcommittee on Tax Matters (since 2020). He also serves on the five-member Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members, the parliament’s body responsible for assessing alleged breaches of its code of conduct and advising the

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on possible action to be taken, In addition to his committee assignments, Boyer is part of the MEPs Against Cancer group. In May 2022, Boyer – together with Stéphane Séjourné for

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and Patrick Mignola for the Democratic Movement (MoDem) – negotiated the agreement leading to the creation of Ensemble, a coalition of the parties forming the presidential majority, including on the financial distribution between them.

Other activities

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(ÉNA), Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019)

Controversy

In 2019, Boyer had to publicly apologize for using what he called “an ill-chosen word” after saying mayors who refused to fall into line would be considered

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’s “enemies” at the time of the 2022 presidential election.

Personal life

Boyer has two daughters.Alain Auffray (29 November 2015
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References

1971 births Living people MEPs for France 2019–2024 Politicians from Paris Paris Nanterre University alumni Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni Horizons (political party) politicians MEPs for France 2024–2029 {{France-MEP-stub