Hubert Falco (born 15 May 1947 in
Pignans, Var) is a French politician who has been appointed Secretary of State for development of the territory in the government of
François Fillon
François Charles Amand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of The Republicans (previously known as the Union ...
on 18 March 2008. He was the mayor of
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department.
The Commune of Toulon h ...
from 2001 to 2023.
In 1985, Hubert Falco joined the UDF after being approached by François Léotard, the leader of the Republican Party and deputy mayor of Fréjus. That same year, Toulon’s mayor, Maurice Arreckx, launched an electoral campaign to take the presidency of the general council from the left. Falco emerged as the winning candidate for Arreckx's camp in the canton of Besse-sur-Issole, leading to a shift of the Var general council to the right, with Arreckx becoming its president.
In 1992, Arreckx appointed Hubert Falco as his first vice-president and informally designated him as his successor. However, in 1994, after a decade in office, Arreckx was defeated in his canton, and Falco took over as the head of the local assembly.
References
Biography at nouveleconomiste.fr
1947 births
Living people
People from Var (department)
French people of Italian descent
Liberal Democracy (France) politicians
Union for French Democracy politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
Politicians of the French Fifth Republic
Mayors of Toulon
Senators of Var (department)
Horizons (political party) politicians
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