Martial Saddier (; born 15 October 1969) is a French politician who represented the 3rd constituency of the

Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Gene ...

department in the

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from 2002 to 2021. A member of The Republicans (LR), he left Parliament after he was elected President of the Departmental Council of Haute-Savoie, in which he has held a seat since 2021 for the canton of Bonneville.

Political career

He was elected as a deputy on June 16, 2002, for the XII legislature (2002–2007), representing the third constituency of Haute-Savoie, succeeding Michel Meylan. He was part of the UMP group. He was re-elected as a deputy on June 10, 2007, in the first round, with 54.78% of the votes. On June 17, 2012, he was re-elected as a deputy in the second round, obtaining 58.95% of the votes against EELV candidate Gilbert Saillet with 41.05%. On December 9, 2014, Nicolas Sarkozy, elected president of the UMP, appointed him as national secretary of the UMP in charge of industry and SMEs. He ran again in the 2017 legislative elections and won in the second round with 51.50% against La République en Marche candidate Guillaume Gibouin. To comply with the law on the non-accumulation of mandates, he resigned from his position as vice-president of the

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regional council. In November 2018, he was appointed as the

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coordinator for the Republicans within Laurent Wauquiez's shadow cabinet. On July 1, 2021, he was elected president of the Haute-Savoie Departmental Council. He resigned from his position as deputy effective July 31, 2021, to comply with the rules on the accumulation of mandates.

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on Base Sycomore {{DEFAULTSORT:Saddier, Martial 1959 births Living people People from Bonneville, Haute-Savoie Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Republicans (France) politicians 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 Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Haute-Savoie Members of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Departmental councillors (France) Presidents of French departments