Axel Poniatowski
{{Short description|French politician}}
{{Expand French|topic=gov|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Axel Poniatowski
| image = UMP rally Paris regional elections 2010-03-17 n01.jpg
| office = Member of the French National Assembly for Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency
| term_start = 19 June 2002
| term_end = 20 June 2017
| predecessor = Jean-Pierre Pernot
| successor = Guillaume Vuilletet
| office2 = Mayor of L'Isle-Adam
| term_start2 = 2 February 1999
| term_end2 = September 2017
| predecessor2 = Michel Poniatowski
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|08|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rabat, Morocco
| nationality = French
| party = The Republicans
| alma_mater = ISG Business School
}}
Image:Axel Poniatowski Senate of Poland 02.JPG in the Polish Senate (2009)]]
Axel Poniatowski (born 3 August 1951) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017.{{cite news |title=Axel Poniatowski |url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/10752 |access-date=7 October 2021 |agency=National Assembly |language=fr}} He represented Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Biography
Prince Axel Poniatowski was born on 3 August 1951 in Rabat, Morocco.[http://www.axelponiatowski.com/portrait.html Portrait] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225131253/http://www.axelponiatowski.com/portrait.html |date=February 25, 2010 }} He grew up in Morocco and in the United States, following his father the diplomat Michel Poniatowski. Later, he also lived in the US for five more years, and in Saudi Arabia for three years. He was the mayor of Isle-Adam from 1999 to 2017.
{{cite news
|author=Marie Persidat
|title=La dynastie des Poniatowski fait réagir à L'Isle-Adam
|periodical=Le Parisien, édition du Val-d'Oise | date=30 September 2017
|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise-95/la-dynastie-des-poniatowski-fait-reagir-a-l-isle-adam-01-10-2017-7299681.php
|access-date=20 September 2017 |language=French}}
|title=La dynastie Poniatowski continue à L'Isle-Adam
|periodical=Le Parisien, édition du Val-d'Oise |date=19 March 2014
|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/val-d-oise-95/la-dynastie-poniatowski-continue-a-l-isle-adam-19-03-2014-3685209.php
|access-date=20 September 2017|language=French}} and the Representative of Val d'Oise from 2002 to 2017. He served as the President of the foreign affairs commission in the French National Assembly. He was defeated in the 2017 election by Guillaume Vuilletet of La République En Marche! (LREM). He is a distant relative of the last king of Poland Stanisław II August and of Marshal Józef Poniatowski.
He worked in the private sector for 25 years. He speaks English, Spanish, and some Arabic. In 2008, he supported Barack Obama.{{Cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2008/07/25/obama_paris/|title=Vive la Obama diff|author=Beth Arnold|website=Salon.com|language=en|type=Opinion|access-date=10 December 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022065033/http://www.salon.com:80/2008/07/25/obama_paris/ |archive-date=2011-10-22 }}
See also
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External links
{{Commons category|Axel Poniatowski}}
- {{Official website}}
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Category:French people of Polish descent
Category:Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Category:Mayors of places in Île-de-France
Category:ISG Business School alumni
Category:Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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