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Philippe Vigier (; born 3 February 1958) is a French politician who served as Minister Delegate for the Overseas in the
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of
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from 2023 to 2024. A member of the
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(MoDem), which he joined in 2020 upon leaving
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(LC), he has represented the 4th constituency of the
Eure-et-Loir Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.department in the
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since 2024, previously holding the seat from
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until his appointment to the government in 2023. Vigier has also held a seat in the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire since
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, previously holding office from 1995 to 2014 when the region was named Centre.


Early life and education

At age 16, Vigier campaigned for
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in the 1974 presidential election.


Political career


Career in local politics

A biologist by occupation, Vigier became a Deputy Mayor of
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and regional councillor of
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in 1995, positions he held until 1998 and 2014, respectively. In
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, he was elected to the mayorship of
Cloyes-sur-le-Loir Cloyes-sur-le-Loir (, literally ''Cloyes on the Loir'') is a former commune on the River Loir, a few kilometres south of the town of Châteaudun in the department of Eure-et-Loir in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new c ...
,
Eure-et-Loir Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.2015 regional election, Vigier led the
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(UDC) list in Centre-Val de Loire (formerly Centre). Despite favourable polls, the UDC list was narrowly defeated in the second round by the
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list led by outgoing Regional Council President François Bonneau. Vigier declined to take a seat in the regional council. In
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, he was returned to the regional council on the Democratic Movement list led by Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau.


Deputy in the National Assembly

In the 2007 legislative election, Vigier was elected to the
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in the first round with 57.1% of the vote in the 4th constituency of
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's
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. He was reelected in
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with 50.7% of the first-round vote. In Parliament, Vigier presided over the Union of Democrats and Independents group from 2014 to 2017. In 2018, he was a founding member of the Liberties and Territories group, which he co-presided until leaving for the Democratic Movement group in 2020. Vigier served on the Committee on Social Affairs; he was a member of the Committee on Finance from 2007 to 2019. In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with
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and
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. He also served as member of the French delegation to the
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from 2022, where he was part of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. In the 2024 snap election, Vigier was reelected with 51.7% of the second-round vote, despite placing second in the first round behind Roger Pécout of The Republicans, who also had the support of the
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as part of the Union of the Far-Right.


In government

On 20 July 2023, Vigier was appointed Minister Delegate for the Overseas under
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, in the government of Prime Minister
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, replacing
Jean-François Carenco Jean-François Carenco (; born 7 July 1952) is a French civil servant and politician who served as Minister of the Overseas, Minister Delegate for the Overseas in the Borne government, government of Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister Élisa ...
. On 11 January 2024, less than six months into his position, he was succeeded by Marie Guévenoux, returning to the National Assembly.


References

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