Olivier Marleix

Olivier Marleix
President of The Republican Right group in the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 June 2022
Preceded by	Damien Abad
Member of the National Assembly for Eure-et-Loir's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 June 2012
Preceded by	Gérard Hamel
Mayor of Anet
In office 14 March 2008 – 23 September 2017
Preceded by	Claude Favrat
Succeeded by	Aliette Le Bihan
Personal details
Born	(1971-02-06) 6 February 1971 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Political party	The Republicans
Parent	Alain Marleix
Alma mater	Sciences Po University of Clermont-Ferrand

Olivier Marleix (born 6 February 1971) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been representing the 2nd constituency of the Eure-et-Loir department in the National Assembly since 2012.

Political career

Career in local politics

Prior to his election to the National Assembly in 2012, Marleix was elected as Mayor of Anet in 2008, an office he held until his resignation in 2017 to focus on his parliamentary work. He also held a seat in the General Council of Eure-et-Loir from 2008 to 2014 for the canton of Anet. From 2008 to 2011, he held one of the general council's vice presidencies under the presidency of Albéric de Montgolfier.

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–present

In parliament, Marleix serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs. From 2017 until 2018, he chaired a parliamentary inquiry into whether France's government should subject foreign takeovers of French firms it has cleared to parliamentary scrutiny. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-Moroccan Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In 2018, Marleix was appointed to the shadow cabinet of The Republicans leader Laurent Wauquiez and tasked with the industry portfolio.

After Christian Jacob's election as party leader, Marleix announced his candidacy to succeed him as leader of the party's parliamentary group in the National Assembly in November 2019; he eventually lost to Damien Abad of Ain.

Chair of the Republicans' Parliamentary Group, 2022–present

Following the 2022 legislative election, Marleix again put his candidacy forward for parliamentary leader. He faced Julien Dive of Aisne, whom he defeated with 40 votes against 20. Marleix took over from acting parliamentary leader Virginie Duby-Muller on 22 June 2022.

Political positions

In the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Marleix endorsed former President Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France. In the Republicans' 2017 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez. Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans' candidate. Ahead of the party's 2022 convention, he endorsed Éric Ciotti as chairman.

See also

• 2022 French legislative election