Hubert Brigand
{{Short description|French national-level politician}}
{{infobox Politician
| name = Hubert Brigand
| image = 20240710-P1060110 Hubert Brigand Wikipedia.jpg
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency
| term_start = 22 June 2022
| predecessor = Yolaine de Courson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|07|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Châtillon-sur-Seine, France
| party = The Republicans
}}
Hubert Brigand (born 28 July 1952) is a French politician, a member of the Républicains party. He was elected deputy for the 4th constituency of Côte-d'Or in the 2022 legislative elections.{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2022 - Côte-d'Or (21) - 4ème circonscription |url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2022/(path)/legislatives-2022/021/02104.html |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=ministère de l'Intérieur et des outre-mer |language=fr-FR}} He was Côte-d'Or departmental councillor from 1988 to 2022 and mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1995 to 2022.
Biography
Hubert Brigand was mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine (Côte-d'Or, France) for 27 years, from 1995 to 2022.{{cite web|language=fr-FR|title=Législatives 2022 : qui est Hubert Brigand, nouveau député LR du Châtillonnais en Côte-d'Or ?|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/cote-d-or/chatillon-sur-seine/legislatives-2022-qui-est-hubert-brigand-nouveau-depute-lr-du-chatillonnais-en-cote-d-or-2561964.html|website=France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté|date=19 June 2022 }} He relinquished this position following his election as Member of Parliament in 2022, due to the law on the non-accumulation of mandates, and became first deputy mayor. His son Jérémie Brigand is also involved in politics.
Political career
= Member of parliament =
He was unsuccessful candidate in the 2017 legislative elections and narrowly qualified in second place in the first round in Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency in 2022. He won the second round by a wide margin with over 60% of the vote, the incumbent La République en Marche (LREM) candidate, up against a dissident Horizons candidate, having been narrowly eliminated in the previous round.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title=Qui est Hubert Brigand sur France 3 Bourgogne? |trans-title=Who is Hubert Brigand on France 3 Burgundy? |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/cote-d-or/chatillon-sur-seine/legislatives-2022-qui-est-hubert-brigand-nouveau-depute-lr-du-chatillonnais-en-cote-d-or-2561964.html |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |last=lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr |title=Hubert Brigand élu député - Le Châtillonnais et l'Auxois |url=https://www.lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr/actualite-9423-hubert-brigand-elu-depute.html |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr |language=fr}}
In this second round against a National Rally candidate, he came out on top in 102 of the 107 communes in the constituency{{Cite web |last= |title=102 communes sur 107... in Le Châtillonnais |trans-title=102 municipalities out of 107... in Le Châtillonnais |url=https://www.lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr/actualite-9424-102-communes-du-chatillonnais-sur-107-ont-vote-hubert-brigand.html |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr |language=fr}} where the local abstention rate of 48.81% was well below the national average.{{Cite web |title=Législatives en Côte-d'Or in Le Parisie |trans-title=Legislative in Côte-d'Or in Le Parisie |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2022-quand-les-resultats-du-second-tour-en-cote-dor-seront-ils-disponibles-19-06-2022-HAEDJCNI45CO3KA2D73FGHTNMY.php. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620194040/https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2022-quand-les-resultats-du-second-tour-en-cote-dor-seront-ils-disponibles-19-06-2022-HAEDJCNI45CO3KA2D73FGHTNMY.php. |archive-date=2022-06-20 |website=Le Parisien |language=fr}}
= Other mandates =
- Departmental councillor for the canton of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1988 to 2022.
- Mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1995 to 2022 (re-elected in the first round in 2008 and 2014).
- Châtillon-sur-Seine town councillor from 1989 to 1995 and since 2022.
- Regional councillor from 1998 to 2004.
- President of the Pays châtillonnais community of communes from 2011 to 2015, a position from which he resigned following the territorial reform.{{Cite web |title=J'arrête, point à la ligne |trans-title=I stop, full stop |url=https://www.bienpublic.com/edition-haute-cote-d-or/2015/04/23/j-arrete-point-a-la-ligne |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=www.bienpublic.com |language=fr}} He was succeeded by his son Jérémie Brigand, born in 1981, mayor of Massingy.{{Cite web |date=2015-06-10 |title=Jérémie Brigand sur France Bleu |trans-title=Jérémie Brigand on France Bleu |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/cote-d-or-jeremie-brigand-nouveau-president-de-la-communaute-de-communes-du-pays-chatillonnais-1433907024 |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}