André Villiers (born 13 December 1954) is a French politician of the

Union of Democrats and Independents The Union of Democrats and Independents (french: Union des démocrates et indépendants, UDI) is a Centrism, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right list of political parties in France, political party in France and former Electoral alliance ...

(UDI) who has been serving as a member of the

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since 18 June 2017, representing the second ward of the

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Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is lo ...

Political career

In 2001, Villiers was elected as the mayor of

Pierre-Perthuis Pierre-Perthuis () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department *Parc naturel régional du Morvan Morvan Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel rég ...

, and would remain there until 2008 when he became the mayor of

Vézelay Vézelay () is a commune in the department of Yonne in the north-central French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is a defensible hill town famous for Vézelay Abbey. The town and its 11th-century Romanesque Basilica of St Magdalene are de ...

under

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. He was also councilor for the

commune from 1992 to 2015. In parliament, Villiers serves on the Committee on Economic Affairs.

Political positions

Villiers is considered a supporter of

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References

1954 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Union of Democrats and Independents politicians Senators of Yonne Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{France-politician-UDI-stub