Philippe Richert (born 22 May 1953) is a French politician of The Republicans party (known as the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right List of political parties in France, political party in France that was one of the two major party, major contemporary political pa ...

until 2015), president of the

regional council of Grand Est The Regional Council of Grand Est (french: conseil régional du Grand Est), formerly the regional council of Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine (french: conseil régional d'Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine), is the deliberative assembly of the reg ...

from 2016 to 2017. He previously was the president of the

regional council of Alsace The Regional Council of Alsace (, ) was the regional council of the French region of Alsace from 1982 to 2015. As a result of reforms, the administrative region of Alsace merged with two other regions to form Grand Est, effective 1 January 20 ...

, until its dissolution on 1 January 2016. From 1992 to 2010, Richert was a member of the

Senate of France The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' a ...

, representing the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

department, and was nominated as the responsible for the relations between the French Senate and the Israeli Knesset. He was Minister for Local authorities under the Minister of Interior, Overseas, Local authorities and Immigration from 14 November 2010 to 10 May 2012. He began his political career as a member of the

Departmental Council, representing the La Petite Pierre canton. Mr. Richert is also the president of the

Lalique Lalique is a French glassmaker, founded by renowned glassmaker and jeweller René Lalique in 1888. Lalique is best known for producing glass art, including perfume bottles, vases, and hood ornaments during the early twentieth century. Following t ...

Museum in

Wingen-sur-Moder Wingen-sur-Moder (; german: Wingen an der Moder; Rhine Franconian: ''Winge'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The name, literally translated as "Wingen on the Moder", is often shortened to ''Wingen' ...

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1953 births Living people French Senators of the Fifth Republic Presidents of the Regional Council of Grand Est Regional councillors of Grand Est People from Bas-Rhin Politicians from Grand Est Presidents of the Alsace Regional Council Senators of Bas-Rhin Union for a Popular Movement politicians University of Strasbourg alumni Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg French Protestants {{France-politician-UMP-stub