Frédéric Falcon (born 21 November 1985) is a French businessman and politician of the

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. He was elected as a deputy for the

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representing Aude's 2nd constituency during the

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Biography

Falcon was born in

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

in 1985. He stated that he often moved due to his father's career in the military but has family connections to

Narbonne Narbonne ( , , ; ; ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and was ...

. Falcon studied history and geography at university in

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.Master's degrees A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

in geopolitics and heritage management. He worked for

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in Paris before starting a real-estate business and became a business consultant in the property sector.

Political career

Falcon joined the

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as a student and canvassed for the party. He left the UMP in 2014 after disagreeing with its course. He joined the

in 2017 through

Sébastien Chenu Sébastien Chenu (; born 13 April 1973) is a French Rassemblement National (RN) politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 19th constituency of Nord since 2017. A former member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), ...

. Ahead of the

, he was selected to stand in Aude's 2nd constituency and made it to the second round of voting. He subsequently unseated the incumbent deputy Alain Perea to win the seat and was one of three FN deputies to represent all of Aude's constituencies.

References

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