Guillaume Peltier (; born 27 August 1976) is a French politician, former teacher and business leader who has represented the 2nd constituency of the Loir-et-Cher department in the

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since

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. He has also served in the Departmental Council of Loir-et-Cher for the canton of Chambord since

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. Peltier is a member of

Reconquête Reconquête (; en, Reconquest), styled as Reconquête! (R!), is a nationalist political party in France founded in late 2021 by Éric Zemmour, who has since served as its leader. He was a far-right candidate in the 2022 presidential election, ...

Career

Peltier is a former member of the National Front (FN) and former leader of its youth section. He led The Strong Right, a

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faction of the

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(UMP), later The Republicans (LR), similar to

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faction. Peltier was a founder of the anti-abortion student group Young Christian Action (Jeunesse Action Chrétienté). In 2014, he's elected as mayor of Neung-sur-Beuvron and chairman of the Communauté de Communes de la Sologne des Etangs. In 2017, he's elected as member of the Parlement. On 9 January 2022, Peltier joined

(R!) to become party leader

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's deputy, in support of Zemmour's campaign in the 2022 presidential election. Zemmour has stated Peltier joining the party would allow it to heavily increase its access into local political structures. Earlier, Peltier was spokesman (2016–2017) and vice president (2019–2021) of The Republicans (LR). In the

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he lost his seat after being eliminated in the first round.

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