François Sauvadet (born 20 April 1953) is a French journalist and politician of the

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(UDI) who has been serving as the

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of the

Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or () is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.

department in eastern

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since 2008.

Early career

Sauvadet worked as a journalist at regional daily newspaper '' Le Bien Public'' from 1977 until 1993.François Sauvadet élu président du groupe Nouveau Centre à l'Assemblée
''

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'', 20 June 2007.

Political career

Sauvadet represented Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency in the

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from 1993 to 2016, when he resigned to focus on activities in regional politics. Over the course of his career in national politics, Sauvadet served as the chair of the New Centre's parliamentary group from 2007 to 2011 and as

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in the

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François Fillon François Charles Amand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of The Republicans (previously known as the Union ...

from 2011 to 2012. Ahead of the

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, he endorsed

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa ( ; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information ...

as the center-right parties' joint candidate. In 2012, he was one of the founders of the

(UDI). On 27 July 2021 he was elected head of the Assemblée des départements de France..

References

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1953 births Living people Politicians from Dijon Republican Party (France) politicians Liberal Democracy (France) politicians Union for French Democracy politicians The Centrists politicians Democratic European Force politicians Government ministers of France 20th-century French journalists Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic 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 Union of Democrats and Independents politicians Members of the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-politician-UDI-stub