Guillaume Peltier (; born 27 August 1976) is a French politician, former teacher and business leader, who was elected as a

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(MEP) in

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. He represented the 2nd constituency of the

Loir-et-Cher Loir-et-Cher (, ) is a Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region of France. It is named after two rivers which run through it, the Loir in its northern part and the Cher (river), Cher in its southern p ...

department in the

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from

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. He has also served in the Departmental Council of

for the canton of Chambord since

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. A former member of The Republicans, Peltier joined

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to support

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's presidential candidacy in

Career

Peltier is a former member of the National Front (FN) and former leader of its youth section. He led

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, a

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faction of the

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(UMP), later The Republicans (LR), similar to

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faction. Peltier was a founder of the

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student group Young Christian Action (Jeunesse Action Chrétienté). In 2014, he was elected as mayor of Neung-sur-Beuvron and chairman of the Communauté de Communes de la Sologne des Etangs. In 2017, he was elected to the National Assembly in the 2nd constituency of Loir-et-Cher. On 9 January 2022, Peltier joined

(R!) to become party leader

's deputy, in support of Zemmour's campaign in the 2022 presidential election. Zemmour has stated Peltier joining the party would allow it to heavily increase its access into local political structures. Earlier, Peltier was spokesman (2016–2017) and vice president (2019–2021) of The Republicans (LR). In the

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he lost his seat after being eliminated in the first round.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peltier, Guillaume 1976 births Living people French anti-abortion activists Politicians from Paris National Rally politicians National Republican Movement politicians Movement for France politicians The Republicans (France) politicians The Strong Right Reconquête politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Loir-et-Cher MEPs for France 2024–2029 European Conservatives and Reformists Group MEPs Lycée Buffon alumni Lycée Lakanal alumni Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni Regional councillors of France Departmental councillors (France)