Laurent Hénart (; born 15 October 1968) is a French politician who served as the president of the Radical Party from 2014 to 2024.

Political career

Hénart was a member of the

National Assembly of France The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ...

and represented the

Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a '' département'' in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, ...

department. In June 2017, he declared himself in favor of the reunification of the Radical Party and the Radical Left Party. On November 12, 2017, he was re-elected party president with 79% of the vote, against the backdrop of the party's forthcoming merger with the PRG in December. Before the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Hénard endorsed

Alain Juppé Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the c ...

as the party's candidate for the

2017 French presidential election Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April and 7 May 2017. Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party (PS) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 December 2016 that he wo ...

. In 2019, he publicly declared his support for the incumbent president,

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...

. Before the 2022 elections, he endorsed Macron for re-election. Hénard was a candidate for Ensemble led by

Valérie Hayer Valérie Hayer (; born 6 April 1986) is a French jurist and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019 in the Renew Europe. Since 2024, she has been leading the Renew Europe group in parliament. She ...

in the 2024 European electionsLaure Equy (4 May 2024)
Européennes : la liste de la majorité étoffée sans surprises derrière Valérie Hayer
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''. but failed to obtain a seat in the European Parliament.

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* 1968 births Living people People from Laxou Politicians from Grand Est Radical Party (France) politicians Union of Democrats and Independents politicians Radical Movement politicians Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Mayors of Nancy, France Sciences Po alumni {{MeurtheMoselle-politician-stub