Joël Giraud (born 14 October 1959) is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities under Prime Minister

Jean Castex Jean Castex (; born 25 June 1965) is a French politician who was the country's Prime Minister from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022. He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2020, when he joined La République En Marche! (LREM). Castex served f ...

in 2022. A member of both La République En Marche! (LREM) and the

Radical Movement The Radical Movement (french: Mouvement radical, MR), officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement (french: link=no, Mouvement radical, social et libéral), was a Social liberalism, social-liberal list of political parties in France, politi ...

(MR), he previously represented the 2nd constituency of the

Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Alpes (; oc, Auts Aups; en, Upper Alps) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population of 141,220 ...

department in the

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from 2002 to 2020 and served as Secretary of State for

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from 2020 until 2022.

Political career

An alumnus of the

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, Giraud first entered the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

L'Argentière-la-Bessée L'Argentière-la-Bessée (; oc, L'Argentièra) is a commune of the Hautes-Alpes department in the Alps in southeastern France. The town lies on the River Durance, which is used for kayaking, white-water rafting and other water sports. The Arg ...

in 1986. He held the mayorship of L'Argentière-la-Bessée from 1989 to 2017, as well as one of the vice presidencies of the

Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur The Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( French: ''Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur'') is the deliberative assembly of the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The regional council is made up of 123 regional c ...

under President Michel Vauzelle from 2004 to 2014. Elected to Parliament in

Hautes-Alpes's 2nd constituency The 2nd constituency of the Hautes-Alpes is a French legislative constituency in the Hautes-Alpes department (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur). It consists of twelve cantons located in the arrondissements of Briançon and Gap: Aiguilles, L'Arg ...

in 2002, he was reelected in 2007,

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and

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. He is a former Secretary of the Economic Affairs Committee. He was a member of the

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Soc ...

until 2017, when it was merged with the Radical Party into

, which Giraud joined. He has also been a member of

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since 2016. Giraud was appointed to the

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in 2020 as Secretary of State for Rurality under Minister Jacqueline Gourault. Upon her appointment to the Constitutional Council in 2022, he succeeded her as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities. Following the 2022 legislative election, Giraud stood as a candidate for the National Assembly's presidency; in an internal vote, he lost against

Yaël Braun-Pivet Yaël Braun-Pivet (; born 7 December 1970) is a French lawyer and politician who has served as President of the French National Assembly since 28 June 2022. She is the first woman to hold this position. A member of La République En Marche (LREM ...

Personal life

Giraud is openly gay."Joël Giraud, l’arme rurale"
'' Libération'' (in French), 17 September 2021.

References

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Political career

Personal life

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