Hervé Marie David Mariton (; born 5 November 1958) is a French politician serving as

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of Crest since 1995. A member of The Republicans, he was elected to the

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for the third constituency of

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from 1993 to 1997 and again from 2002 until 2017, with a brief interruption in 2007, when he was appointed Minister of the Overseas by President

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in the last weeks of his second term, replacing

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, who became

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Political career

A member of the

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, Mariton was elected to the

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and the

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. In

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, he became a municipal councillor in Crest. He was national secretary in the Republican Party that was dissolved in 1997 and later in

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, established the same year. In 1998, he was a candidate for president of the

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, receiving 10% of the vote against

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. He served as a member of the

from

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until

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, when he lost his reelection bid. He returned to Parliament in

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, winning reelection in

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and

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. He represented the third constituency of the

department. He joined the newly-established

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in 2002, which became The Republicans in 2015. From March to May 2007, he served as Minister of the Overseas under

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. As

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had resigned as Interior Minister to run for

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, Overseas Minister

was appointed to succeed him. From 1995 to 1997 and again from 2002 until 2017, Mariton served on the Committee on Finance, Economic Affairs and Budgetary Control. During his time in national politics, he was widely seen as a critic of President Sarkozy from 2007 onwards. Although being part of

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, a liberal faction within the party, he opposed the passage of Law 2013-404, which legalised

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. In the 2016 The Republicans presidential primary, he endorsed

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. Mariton is fluent in French, English and Russian.

Other activities

Mariton currently serves as: *

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, Member of the European GroupMembership

. * Les Plus Beaux Détours de France, President * Commission Franco-Britannique, President

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mariton, Herve 1958 births Living people Politicians from Algiers People of French Algeria Pieds-noirs Algerian Jews French people of Algerian-Jewish descent Republican Party (France) politicians Liberal Democracy (France) politicians Union for French Democracy politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians Modern and Humanist France The Republicans (France) politicians Ministers of the overseas of France Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Drôme Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni Paris Dauphine University alumni École Polytechnique alumni Sciences Po alumni