Édouard Courtial (born 28 June 1973 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French politician of The Republicans who currently serves as a member of the French Senate, representing the Oise department.[1]

Édouard Courtial
Member of the French Senate for Oise
Assumed office
1 October 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Oise's 7th constituency
In office
2012–2017
Preceded byDominique Le Sourd
Succeeded byMaxime Minot
Personal details
Born (1973-06-28) 28 June 1973 (age 50)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Political partyThe Republicans
EducationLycée Saint-Jean-de-Passy
Alma materParis Dauphine University
ESSEC Business School

Political positions edit

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.[2]

In the UMP's 2012 leadership election, Courtial endorsed Jean-François Copé.[3]

In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Courtial endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.[4] In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. ^ http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/le-ministere/le-ministre-d-etat-et-les/edouard-courtial/discours-21219/article/discours-du-secretaire-d-etat [dead link]
  3. ^ Copé, Fillon et l'UMP : qui soutient qui ? L'Obs, October 17, 2012.
  4. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (April 20, 2016), Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires L'Opinion.
  5. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (October 11, 2017), La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez L'Opinion.