Jean Lassalle
Jean Lassalle | |
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Lassalle in 2017 | |
| Member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 4th constituency | |
| In office 16 June 2002 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Inchauspé |
| Succeeded by | Iñaki Echaniz |
| Mayor of Lourdios-Ichère | |
| In office 26 March 1977 – 16 July 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1955 Lourdios-Ichère, France |
| Political party | Résistons! (2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Union for French Democracy (until 2007) Democratic Movement (2007–2016) |
Jean Lassalle (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lasal]; Occitan: Jan de Lassala Occitan pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒan də lasala]; born 3 May 1955) is a French politician who represented the 4th constituency of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2022. A former member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem), he was a candidate in the 2017 presidential election, in which he received 435,301 votes (1.21%). Lassalle ran under the banner of Résistons! (RES), a party he founded and has led since he left the MoDem in 2016. In the 2022 presidential election he received 1.3 million votes constituting over 3% of those cast.