Vincent Chauvet (born 24 October 1987) is a French politician serving as

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since 2017. A member of the

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(MoDem), he has presided over the party's

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federation since 2015. Chauvet is the co-founder of the first submitted

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(ECI),

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Education and early career

Vincent Chauvet was first educated in

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. After attending

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, he graduated from

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

and

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in 2011. He holds a bachelor's degree in History from the

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the Universit ...

. He worked as a reporter to the editorial board of ''

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'' in Paris and

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in Brussels and hosted political talk shows on the Christian radio Fréquence protestante. He also interned in

Chief of Staff of the French Army The Chief of the Army Staff (french: Chef d'état-major de l'armée de terre, CEMAT) is the military head of the French Army. The chief directs the army staff and acts as the principal advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff on subjects concern ...

administration and in the Ministry of Budget. After working in Brussels as a political communication advisor, Vincent Chauvet was recruited in 2013 by

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to run the joint EU Regulatory Policy

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with

and to help launch the first

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of a French business school, focusing on European affairs and citizens' empowerment.

Civic activism

Public interest litigation

In 2010, he sued Prime Minister

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for failing to enact anonymous CV legislation and brought the case before the

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under the newly established ex post

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, arguing that the doctrine of

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in French administrative law was unconstitutional and pleading in favour of the introduction of

public-interest litigation Public interest law refers to legal practices undertaken to help poor, marginalized, or under-represented people, or to effect change in social policies in the public interest, on 'not for profit' terms (pro bono, ''pro bono publico''), often in th ...

. On 9 July 2014, the Conseil d'État gave reason to Chauvet's claim that the government had a constitutional obligation to execute the legislation.

Foreign students' rights

In 2011, Vincent Chauvet headed the student protest movement against a new policy enforced by

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to massively reject work visa applications for foreign students forcing them to leave France after graduation. This movement led to a softening of work-visa restrictions measures in 2012.

European Citizens' Initiative

In April 2012, Vincent Chauvet founded the first ever submitted but only second registered

. The initiative supported the immediate end off all

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fees and the creation of a unified digital market in the

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. The signature gathering campaign led the

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to back the proposal ahead of the European 2014 elections.

Political career

As youth branch leader of the

Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy (french: Union pour la démocratie française, UDF) was a centre to centre-right political party in France. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to c ...

Vincent Chauvet stood on the centrist ballot for the 2010 regional election in

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. For the presidential election of 2012, he was part of the team of economic advisors to Democratic Movement candidate

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. In the runoff he took sides against

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. In late 2012, he was picked by the business magazine ''

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'' as the most promising centrist politician in Burgundy. He teamed up with the incumbent independent candidate for the 2014 mayoral race in

and won with 51.93%. He became in 2014 Municipal councillor of

and Councillor of Greater Autun -

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Communauté de communes A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (int ...

. He stood as a candidate at the parliamentary elections in June 2017 in the 2nd constituency of Saône-et-Loire where he lost with 48.96% second round against the

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candidate Josiane Corneloup. On July 5, 2017, he was elected Mayor of

and First Vice-President of Greater Autun -

. In 2020, Vincent Chauvet has been appointed at the

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. He seats in the

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and has been elected as Vice-President of the French Delegation and coordinator of the Environment Commission. In the French municipal elections of 2020, Vincent Chauvet won the race for the city of Autun with 52,96% in the second round.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chauvet, Vincent Living people 1987 births HEC Paris alumni Sciences Po alumni University of Paris alumni Union for French Democracy politicians Democratic Movement (France) politicians Politicians from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté