Bernard Brochand

{{Short description|French businessman and politician (1938–2025)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Bernard Brochand.jpg

| name = Bernard Brochand

| caption = Brochand in 2008

| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency

| term_start = 2 April 2001

| term_end = 21 June 2022

| predecessor = Louise Moreau

| successor = Alexandra Martin

| office2 = Mayor of Cannes

| term_start2 = 2001

| term_end2 = 2014

| predecessor2 = Maurice Delauney

| successor2 = David Lisnard

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|06|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nice, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|2|25|1938|06|05|df=y}}

| death_place = Cannes, France

| party = The Republicans (2015–2025)

| otherparty = Rally for the Republic (2001–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)

| education = Lycée Louis-le-Grand

| alma_mater = HEC Paris

}}

Bernard Brochand ({{IPA|fr|bɛʁnaʁ bʁɔʃɑ̃}}; 5 June 1938 – 25 February 2025) was a French politician, businessman, football executive, and football player. A member of The Republicans, he served in the National Assembly for Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency from 2001 to 2022.{{Cite web |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_id/223837.asp |title=Bernard Brochand |author=Office of the Secretary General |language=French |year=2012 |publisher=National Assembly of France |work=Assemblee-nationale.fr |accessdate=26 March 2012 }} His constituency covered the Riviera resort of Cannes.{{Cite web|last=Burrows-Taylor|first=Evie|date=19 June 2017|title=A look inside France's new, younger and less male dominated parliament|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20170619/inside-frances-new-parliament-key-changes|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619133250/https://www.thelocal.fr/20170619/inside-frances-new-parliament-key-changes |archive-date=19 June 2017 |access-date=20 January 2021|website=www.thelocal.fr}}

Professional life

After graduation from HEC Paris,[https://www.lesechos.fr/2004/05/bernard-brochand-1061820 Bernard Brochand] his career began at Procter & Gamble, before rising to be the head of Eurocom in 1975, and DDB International publicity agency in 1989.

His lifelong passion for sport, and especially football led to his joining the administration council of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in 1971, and becoming the president of the club association at the end of the 1990s.

Political career

Brochand was a member of The Republicans (LR) group in the National Assembly. In 2004, he co-signed a proposition to re-establish the death penalty for acts of terrorism.http://www.assemblee- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220175602/http://acn.com.ve/ |date=20 February 2017 }} nationale.fr/12/propositions/pion1521.asp

At 79, he became the Father of the House at the 2017 parliamentary election.

He did not seek re-election in the 2022 French legislative election.{{Cite web | url=https://www.nicematin.com/politique/legislatives-2022-le-siege-dun-tenor-lr-a-prendre-dans-la-8e-circonscription-des-alpes-maritimes-762805 | title=Législatives 2022: Le siège d'un ténor LR à prendre dans la 8e circonscription des Alpes-Maritimes | date=26 April 2022 }}

Death

Brochand died on 25 February 2025, at the age of 86.{{cite news |title=Bernard Brochand, le décès d'un dirigeant historique du PSG |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Bernard-brochand-le-deces-d-un-dirigeant-historique-du-psg/1542670 |access-date=25 February 2025 |publisher=L'Équipe |date=25 February 2025}}