Nicolas Dragon (born April 19, 1977 in

Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In ...

) is a French politician of the

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and a member of the

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representing

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. Dragon is of

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descent and was born in

. He worked as a communications consultant and stated that he took an interest in politics at a young age. Dragon describes himself as a "social

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" and supported the

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party in the 1990s. He later sought the nomination for the

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candidacy for

ahead of the

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, claiming he initially agreed with

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's "concept of neither left nor right" but lost out to

Aude Bono-Vandorme Aude Bono-Vandorme (née Vandorme; born 3 August 1962) is a French physicist and politician who represented the department of Aisne as member of the party La République En Marche! (LREM) in the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. Educa ...

. He later renounced his support for Macron and has described him as a "globalist." He subsequently joined the

and was elected as a municipal councilor for the party in Laon in 2020. For the

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, he again contented Aisne's 1st constituency for the National Rally and defeated Bono-Vandorme during the second round.

References

1997 births Living people National Rally (France) politicians Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French people of Polish descent People from Laon 21st-century French politicians {{France-politician-FN-stub