Marc Le Fur (born 28 November 1956) is a French politician who has represented the 3rd constituency of the

Côtes-d'Armor The Côtes-d'Armor (, ; ; br, Aodoù-an-Arvor, ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord ( br, Aodoù-an-Hanternoz, link=no, ), are a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.

department in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

since 2002. A member of The Republicans (LR), he previously held the seat from

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

Political career

Marc Le Fur has been a member of the

Regional Council of Brittany The Regional Council of Brittany (, ) is the regional legislature of the region of Brittany in France. It is composed of 83 councillors, elected in 2015, in office for six years until 2021. Seats By Departments *17 councillors for Côtes-d' ...

since 2015, where he previously held a seat from

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

to 2004. He also held a seat in the General Council of

from 2001 to 2015 for the canton of

Quintin Quintin (; br, Kintin) is a commune in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the northwest of France from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital. History The area around Quintin has been occupied since the Neolithic. Early Quintin ...

. In Parliament, Le Fur serves on the Finance Committee. Additionally, he held one of the six vice presidencies of the National Assembly (2007–2012; 2012–2017; 2017–2022) until the end of the 15th legislature of the Fifth Republic; as such he was part of the National Assembly's Bureau.Marc Le Fur
French National Assembly. In addition to his committee assignments, Le Fur is a member of the French-Nigerian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Political positions

Le Fur has actively promoted the defence of the

regional languages * A regional language is a language spoken in a region of a sovereign state, whether it be a small area, a federated state or province or some wider area. Internationally, for the purposes of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Lan ...

of France. He was an important contributor to the constitutional law of 23 July 2008 that amended the Constitution of France to recognise regional languages as part of France's national heritage in Article 75-1. He has been a supporter of the attempts to have the Loire-Atlantique department transferred from the Pays de la Loire

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...

. In April 2013, Le Fur was part of a demonstration in Paris against the legalisation of

same-sex marriage in France Same-sex marriage in France has been legal since 18 May 2013, making France the thirteenth country worldwide to allow same-sex couples to marry. The legislation applies to metropolitan France as well as to all French overseas departments and t ...

. A video was shared of him trying to physically hold back

National Gendarmerie The National Gendarmerie (french: Gendarmerie nationale, ) is one of two national law enforcement forces of France, along with the National Police. The Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed Forces placed under the jurisdiction of the Mini ...

personnel as they were attempting to remove protestors who were sat on the ground. After he failed, Le Fur knocked the hat off a gendarme's head. He later stated he stayed until late in the night wearing his official

sash A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or band of material worn around the body, either draping from one shoulder to the opposing hip and back up, or else running around the waist. The sash around the waist may be worn in daily attire, bu ...

to be recognisable as a Member of Parliament alongside other demonstrators to avoid the demonstration being the target of police violence. Later that month, he was sanctioned in the National Assembly along with Yves Albarello and

Daniel Fasquelle Daniel Fasquelle (born 16 January 1963) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2020, representing the Pas-de-Calais department. Political career In par ...

for their behaviour in Parliament. In November 2013, Le Fur also took part in a Bonnets Rouges demonstration in

Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography Th ...

against a proposed

ecotax An environmental tax, ecotax (short for ecological taxation), or green tax is a tax levied on activities which are considered to be harmful to the environment and is intended to promote environmentally friendly activities via economic incentives. ...

. In The Republicans' 2017 leadership election, Le Fur endorsed

Laurent Wauquiez Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the ...

for the party leadership. Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as The Republicans' candidate.

Other activities

* Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Member of the Supervisory BoardSupervisory Board
Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Fur, Marc 1956 births Living people Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Rally for the Republic politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Republicans (France) politicians People from Côtes-d'Armor Politicians from Brittany Departmental councillors (France) Members of the Regional Council of Brittany Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic