Jean-Christophe Fromantin, born August 30, 1962 in Nantes, is a French businessman and politician. He has been

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Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

since 2008. After launching the party Territoires en mouvement, he was elected deputy for the sixth district of

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...

in 2012. He did not seek re-election in 2017, preferring to keep his mandate as mayor. Elected to the

departmental council in 2021, he became vice-president.

Biography

Studies and Family

Jean-Christophe Fromantin studied at various schools in Saintes,

Dunkerque Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

, where he obtained his

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in 1981. After a year of economics and another in a preparatory class, he entered ESLSCA in

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and graduated in 1986. In 2015, he became a

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(

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) in the

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. Married he had four children. He lives in

since 1985.

Professional career path

Between 1987 and 1988, he did his national service as a volunteer in Lisbon. On his return in 1989, he created Eurochallenge, a service and consulting company for import-export. Concerned observer of

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, he has given numerous conferences on innovation and the search for new forms of competitiveness in companies. Following the merge with Interex in 1994, he took over the management of the newly created company, Export Entreprises, which participated in 2009 in the launch of Globaltrade.net, a public-private partnership between the

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and the Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA). He is known for opposing

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and promoting a French candidacy to the 2025

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References

1962 births Living people Mayors of places in Île-de-France Businesspeople from Nantes People from Neuilly-sur-Seine Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Union of Democrats and Independents politicians Politicians from Nantes {{France-politician-UDI-stub