Laurent Hénart
{{Short description|French politician (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox politician
| name = Laurent Hénart
| image = Laurent_Hénart_-_Livre_sur_la_Place_2014_(15028769970)_(cropped).jpg
| caption = Laurent Hénart in 2014
| office = President of the Radical Party
| term_start = 22 June 2014
| term_end = 28 September 2024
| predecessor = Jean-Louis Borloo
| successor = Nathalie Delattre
| term_start3 = 6 April 2014
| term_end3 = 5 July 2020
| predecessor3 = André Rossinot
| successor3 = Mathieu Klein
| office4 = Member of the National Assembly
for Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st constituency
| term_start4 = 12 September 2005
| term_end4 = 19 June 2012
| predecessor4 = Corinne Marchal-Tarnus
| successor4 = Chaynesse Khirouni
| term_start5 = 19 June 2002
| term_end5 = 30 April 2004
| predecessor5 = Jean-Jacques Denis
| successor5 = Corinne Marchal-Tarnus
| office6 = Secretary of State in charge of the professional integration of the youth
| term_start6 = 31 March 2004
| term_end6 = 31 May 2005
|primeminister6= Jean-Pierre Raffarin
| predecessor6 = Office established
| successor6 = Gérard Larcher
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|15|df=yes}}
| nationality = French
| party = Radical Party
| alma_mater = Nancy University
Sciences Po
}}
Laurent Hénart ({{IPA|fr|lɔʁɑ̃ enaʁ}}; born 15 October 1968) is a French politician who served as the president of the Radical Party from 2014 to 2024.
Political career
Hénart was a member of the National Assembly of France and represented the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. In June 2017, he declared himself in favor of the reunification of the Radical Party and the Radical Left Party. On November 12, 2017, he was re-elected party president with 79% of the vote, against the backdrop of the party's forthcoming merger with the PRG in December.
Before the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Hénard endorsed Alain Juppé as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.{{cite news|author=Caroline Vigoureux |date=12 October 2016 |url=https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/laurent-henart-nouveau-soutien-centriste-dalain-juppe |title=Laurent Hénart, nouveau soutien centriste d’Alain Juppé |trans-title=Laurent Hénart, new centrist support for Alain Juppé |work=L'Opinion|language=fr}}. In 2019, he publicly declared his support for the incumbent president, Emmanuel Macron.{{cite news|url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/voici-la-tribune-des-72-maires-et-elus-locaux-de-droite-qui-annoncent-leur-soutien-a-emmanuel-macron-3903553 |title=Voici la tribune des 72 maires et élus locaux de droite et du centre qui annoncent leur soutien à Macron |trans-title=Here is the platform of the 72 mayors and local elected officials from the right and from the centre who are announcing their support for Macron|work=Le Journal du Dimanche |date=8 June 2019|language=fr}} Before the 2022 elections, he endorsed Macron for re-election.{{cite news|author=Tristan Quinault-Maupoil |date=12 November 2021 |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/presidentielle-edouard-philippe-soutiendra-macron-en-2022-20210912 |title=Présidentielle: Édouard Philippe «soutiendra» Emmanuel Macron en 2022 |trans-title=Presidential: Édouard Philippe "will support" Emmanuel Macron in 2022| work=Le Figaro|language=fr}}
Hénard was a candidate for Ensemble led by Valérie Hayer in the 2024 European electionsLaure Equy (4 May 2024), [https://www.liberation.fr/politique/europeennes-la-liste-de-la-majorite-etoffee-sans-surprises-derriere-valerie-hayer-20240504_FRUQJ2YZPRCBLHB5XB5VCURKII/ Européennes : la liste de la majorité étoffée sans surprises derrière Valérie Hayer] Libération. but failed to obtain a seat in the European Parliament.
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External links
- {{Cite journal | author1 = John Antonakis | author2 = Olaf Dalgas | title = Predicting Elections: Child's Play! | journal = Science |date=February 2009 | volume = 323 | pages = 1183 | doi = 10.1126/science.1167748 | pmid = 19251621 | issue = 5918| bibcode = 2009Sci...323.1183A | s2cid = 20071242 | author1-link = John Antonakis | url = https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_4617B83B83ED.P001/REF.pdf }}
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Category:Politicians from Grand Est
Category:Radical Party (France) politicians
Category:Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
Category:Radical Movement politicians
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:Mayors of Nancy, France
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