Guillaume Gontard (born 11 March 1971) is a French politician who is president of the

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in the

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Political career

Guillaume Gontard was born on March 11, 1971 in Tours (Indre-et-Loire). His family moved to the village of Percy (Isère) in the Trièves (country of his ancestors) when he was 4 years old. He began his schooling in a single class at the municipal school of

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, he continued his studies at the college of

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then at the

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. Passionate about regional planning, he joined the Grenoble School of Architecture (ENSAG) and graduated in 1997. He is co-manager of SARL B.A BA Architecture Aménagement. Gontard served as mayor of

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from 2008 to 2017. He was elected senator in

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Personal life

He is married and the father of three children.

References

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