Claude Malhuret

Claude Malhuret
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
1 October 2014
Preceded byMireille Schurch
Parliamentary groupUMP (2014–2015)
LR (2015–2017)
LIRT (2017–present)
ConstituencyAllier
Mayor of Vichy
In office
20 March 1989  6 October 2017
Preceded byJacques Lacarin
Succeeded byFrédéric Aguilera
Member of the Regional Council of Auvergne
In office
29 March 2004  1 October 2014
PresidentPierre-Noël Bonté
René Souchon
ConstituencyAllier
Member of the National Assembly
In office
2 April 1993  21 April 1997
Preceded byJean-Michel Belorgey
Succeeded byGérard Charasse
Parliamentary groupUDFC
ConstituencyAllier's 4th
Member of the European Parliament
In office
25 July 1989  16 April 1993
Parliamentary groupELD
ConstituencyFrance
Secretary of State for Human Rights
In office
20 March 1986  10 May 1988
Prime MinisterJacques Chirac
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLucette Michaux-Chevry (1993)
Personal details
Born (1950-03-08) 8 March 1950
Strasbourg, France
Political partyHorizons
(2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
Republican Party
(until 1997)
Liberal Democracy
(1997–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement
(2002–2015)
The Republicans
(2015–2017)
Agir
(2017–2022)
Alma materParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Paris Descartes University
ProfessionPhysician, lawyer, politician

Claude Malhuret (French pronunciation: [klod malyʁɛ]; born 8 March 1950) is a French physician, lawyer and politician who has served as a member of the Senate since 2014, representing the department of Allier. A member of Horizons (HOR), he has presided over the centre-right The Independents – Republic and Territories (LIRT) parliamentary group in the Senate since 2017.

Previously, Malhuret was Secretary of State for Human Rights (1986–1988), Mayor of Vichy (1989–2017), a member of the National Assembly (1993–1997) and of the European Parliament (1989–1993).