Charles Fournier (born 10 March 1968) is a French politician. A member of the EELV, he was elected

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for

Indre-et-Loire's 1st constituency The 1st constituency of Indre-et-Loire is one of five French legislative constituencies in the Indre-et-Loire ''département''. Geography The constituency is centred on the city of Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the r ...

during the

2022 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in A ...

Biography

Fournier was born in Romorantin in Loir-et-Cher to an electrician father who became a physiotherapist. and a mother who worked as a teacher. Charles Fournier continued his studies in regional planning and then geography in

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...

. He is the father of two daughters and a trainer in a cooperative..

Political career

Charles Fournier became politically involved during his studies in Tours, with an association for the defence of the unemployed.. He had his first electoral experience at the age of 30, running in the

1998 French regional elections Regional elections were held in France on 15 March 1998. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 ''regions'', which, though they don't have legislative autonomy, manage sizeable budgets. The parliamentary right, led by the conserva ...

on the “Social Emergency” list, from the unemployed workers' movement, in the regional elections in Tours. The list brings together less than 2% of the votes. In the

2001 French municipal elections Municipal elections were held in France on 11 and 18 March 2001. These elections were marked by a setback for the left and a victory for the right one year before the 2002 presidential election. However, the capital, Paris and the second larges ...

, he was a candidate for municipal elections in

. Shortly after, he joined the Greens for the presidential campaign of

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. In 2010, he became EELV regional advisor then was re-elected in 2015 and

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. During these last two elections, he was the “ list leader” of the so-called environmentalist group. From July 2015 to December 2022, he is one of the vice-presidents of the Centre-Val de Loire region alongside the majority of

François Bonneau François Bonneau (; born 12 October 1953) is a French educationalist, politician, and incumbent President of the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He has served as *a representative member of the ...

( PS). At the regional council, he was mainly involved in the social and solidarity economy, community life, and democratic participation, climate and ecological transition. He campaigns to link ecology and social issues, believing that “the absence of ecology is a collective punishment and always first for the most vulnerable". In December 2022, Charles Fournier resigned from his mandate as regional elected official. Fournier lived the majority of his life in

before settling in Blois from 2008. He returns to Tours at the beginning of 2022 for personal reasons and is a candidate for the nomination of EELV for the legislative elections. Fournier becomes the candidate designated by the

New Ecological and Social People's Union The New Ecological and Social People's Union (french: Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale, link=no, NUPES) is a left-wing alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance includes La France Insoumise (LFI ...

for the

, he topped the poll in the first round, with 39.6% of the votes cast, ahead of the incumbent MP Philippe Chalumeau who was running for the Ensemble group. In the second round, he won the seat with 53.51% of the votes casts. He resigned six months later from the regional council, replaced him as vice-president.

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