Sébastien Huyghe (born 25 October 1969) is a French politician and member of the Republicans who served as a member of the

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from 2002 to 2022, representing the

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department.

Political career

Huyghe joined the

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(UMP) in 2002, which later changed its name in The Republicans. From 2014 until 2016, Huyghe served as party spokesperson under the leadership of its chairman

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, alongside

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(2014-2015) and Lydia Guirous (2015-2016). In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, he endorsed Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of

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. In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, Huyghe endorsed

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. In parliament, Huyghe serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Argentinian Parliamentary Friendship Group. He lost his seat in the first round of the

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References

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