Charles-Éric Lemaignen (born on in

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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and later The Republicans, he was the president of

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(2001–2017) and of the Assembly of the Communities of France (2014–2017).

Biography

Professional career

Charles-Éric Lemaignen began his professional career in 1987 as Deputy Secretary-General in charge of finances at the Grenoble City Hall under Mayor

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. He continued at the Caisse des Dêpôts et Consignations (CDC) where he became regional director of the CDC and Crédit Local in the Centre region from 1990 to 1992. He then became Director General of Services of the Regional Council of Centre alongside the president UDF Maurice Dousset from 1992 to 1998, the year of the president's electoral defeat, and then of

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in 1999. Since 1990, he has also been a teacher and since 2001 an associate professor at the

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, where he taught public territorial management and financial management of local authorities in the Master's program until 2019. He was a lawyer at the Orleans Bar from 2000 to 2009 and then a collection director for a local finance magazine until 2016. After resigning from the presidency of Orléans Métropole, he created a consulting firm for local authorities, SASU Lemaignen Conseils.

Political career

Charles-Éric Lemaignen was elected municipal councillor in March 2001 on the list led by

Serge Grouard Serge Grouard (born 19 March 1959) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Loiret's 2nd constituency from 2002 to 2017, as a member of The Republicans. He served as mayor of Orléans between 2001 and 2015 and was reel ...

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Jean-Pierre Sueur. Three years later, he headed the

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list for the Loiret in the 2004 regional elections in the Centre region. The list received 35.97% of the votes in the second round behind the list led by the PS François Bonneau, sending five elected officials to the Regional Council, including Charles-Éric Lemaignen. In 2008, he was re-elected Deputy Mayor and President of the Orléans Val de Loire Metropolitan Area following the March 2008 municipal elections. In 2010, he was second on the Loiret list for the 2010 regional elections in the Centre region behind MEP and Deputy Mayor of Olivet, Catherine Soullie. He retained his position as a regional councillor until the end of 2015. In 2014, during the

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, he was re-elected for a third term as Deputy Mayor and President of the Orléans Val de Loire Metropolitan Area, a position he held until Olivier Carré replaced him on 16 June 2017. On 8 October 2014, he was elected president of the Assembly of the Communities of France, a position he held until 4 October 2017, when he was succeeded by Jean-Luc Rigaut. In the June 2020 municipal elections, he was re-elected for a fourth term as Deputy Mayor on

’s list.

References

External links

Official website of Orléans Métropole

Official website of the Assembly of the Communities of France
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lemaignen, Charles-Eric 1952 births Living people People from Orléans Union for French Democracy politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Republicans (France) politicians Mayors of places in Centre-Val de Loire Knights of the Legion of Honour University of Orléans alumni Sciences Po alumni HEC Paris alumni