Cédric Perrin (born 20 January 1974) is a French politician who has represented the Territoire de Belfort in the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

since

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. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Since 26 October 2023, he has presided over the

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''Délégation parlementaire au renseignement'', which supervises France's three main intelligence agencies.

Early life

A native of Belfort, Perrin grew up in Beaucourt. He is an alumni of the University of Strasbourg, from which he graduated in

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. A jurist by occupation, he was elected to the General Council of Territoire de Belfort in

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for the canton of Beaucourt, at age 27. He held the seat until redistricting in

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, when the canton was merged into the canton of Delle and he chose not to run for reelection.

Political career

Perrin was Third Deputy Mayor of Beaucourt from

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, when he was elected to the mayorship, which he held until his resignation in 2017. In

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and

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, he was

Damien Meslot Damien Meslot (born 11 November 1964 in Belfort) is a French politician and a member of The Republicans. He represented Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2017. He has served as mayor of Belfort ...

's substitute for the 1st constituency of the Territoire de Belfort seat in the National Assembly. Perrin was first elected to the

with 52.5% of the first-round vote. He succeeded

presidential candidate

Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (; born 9 March 1939L ...

in office. Perrin was reelected to a second term in

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with 72.2% of the first-round vote. In

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, he was returned to the Departmental Council of Territoire de Belfort for the canton of Delle while keeping his Senate term. On 6 October 2023, Perrin was elected to preside over the Senate's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces. Since 26 October 2023, he has also presided over the ''Délégation parlementaire au renseignement'', the eight-member (four deputies, four senators) body tasked with supervising France's three main intelligence agencies ( DGSE, DGSI, DRI)."Deux sénateurs ont été désignés comme présidents de la délégation parlementaire au renseignement (DPR) et de la commission de vérification des fonds spéciaux (CVFS)"

, 26 October 2023. He succeeded deputy

Sacha Houlié Sacha Houlié (born 8 October 1988) is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly (France), French National Assembly since the 2017 French legislative election, 201 ...

for the 2023–2024 term.

References

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