2015
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Events
January
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, as well as a municipal councillor of Roscoff since
2014
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Marseille
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in 1980, and joined the
Rally for the Republic
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at the age of 18. While studying at
Sciences Po
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in 2002, he was the last leader of its Rally for the Republic branch, and the first leader of its
Union for a Popular Movement
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branch. He later studied at
HEC Paris
HEC Paris () is a business school and ''grande école'' located in Jouy-en-Josas, a southwestern outer suburb of Paris, France. It offers Bachelor, MiM, MSc in International Finance, MBA, EMBA, executive education, professional developm ...
, where he served as leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch. He was a co-leader of the ''La Boîte à idées'' motion at the 2012 party congress, and was appointed member of its political bureau in 2013. He was elected municipal councillor of Roscoff in 2014, and was elected member of the Departmental Council of Finistère in 2015.
In 2016, de Calan was elected leader of The Republicans in
Finistère
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Alain Juppé
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. He was a candidate for leader of The Republicans in the 2017 election, and finished third to
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 from 2016 to 2024. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 follow ...
Valérie Pécresse
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