Édouard Courtial (born 28 June 1973 in

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) is a French politician of The Republicans who currently serves as a member of the

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, representing the

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department.

Political positions

Courtial cosigned a bill that would allow the French Internal Revenue Services to remove French Citizenship from French citizens who live outside of the French territories and don't establish their primary fiscal residence in France. After being nominated as Under-secretary for French expatriates affairs, he removed his name from the bill and explained his reasons in an interview for lepetitjournal.com and during the Assembly of the Representatives of the French living abroad. In the UMP's 2012 leadership election, Courtial endorsed

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. In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Courtial endorsed

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as the party's candidate for the office of

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. In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, he endorsed

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.Ludovic Vigogne (October 11, 2017)
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''.

References

1973 births Living people Politicians from Neuilly-sur-Seine Union for French Democracy politicians The Republicans (France) politicians The Strong Right Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Oise Saint-Jean de Passy alumni Paris Dauphine University alumni ESSEC Business School alumni {{France-politician-UMP-stub