Natacha Bouchart

{{infobox Politician

| name = Natacha Bouchart

| image = Natacha Bouchart.jpg

| caption = Natacha Bouchart in 2020

| office = Mayor of Calais

| term_start = 22 March 2008

| predecessor = Jacky Hénin

| office2 = Member of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France

| term_start2 = 1 January 2016

| president2 = Xavier Bertrand

| office3 = Member of the French Senate
for Pas-de-Calais

| term_start3 = 1 October 2011

| term_end3 = 12 January 2016

| successor3 = Jean-François Rapin

| birth_name = Natacha Keuroglanian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|05|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lens, France

| party = Miscellaneous right {{small|(since 2022)}}
The Republicans {{small|(2015-2022)}}

}}

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Natacha Bouchart (born 29 May 1963) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) and formerly Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).{{cite web|url=http://natachabouchart.com/ |title=Natacha Bouchart |publisher=Natacha Bouchart |date= |accessdate=2016-07-07}}

Life and career

Bouchart was born at Lens. She has served as Mayor of Calais since 2008 and was elected to represent Pas-de-Calais in the French Senate in 2011.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.senat.fr/senateur/bouchart_natacha11060j.html |title=Anciens sénateurs Vème République : BOUCHART Natacha |website=Senat.fr |date= |accessdate=2016-07-07}}

Ahead of the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Bouchart endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (9 September 2016), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/coulisses/2016/09/08/25006-20160908ARTFIG00286-primaire-a-droite-la-maire-de-calais-natacha-bouchart-soutient-nicolas-sarkozy.php Primaire à droite : la maire de Calais Natacha Bouchart soutient Nicolas Sarkozy] Le Figaro.

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Bouchart publicly declared her support for incumbent Emmanuel Macron and criticized the Republicans’ candidate Valérie Pécresse.Marion Mourgue (11 February 2022), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/natacha-bouchart-maire-de-calais-je-souhaite-qu-emmanuel-macron-soit-reelu-20220210 Natacha Bouchart, maire LR de Calais : «Je souhaite qu'Emmanuel Macron soit réélu»] Le Figaro.[https://www.france24.com/en/france/20220211-defections-sap-conservative-contender-p%C3%A9cresse-in-french-presidential-race Defections sap conservative contender Pécresse in French presidential race] France 24, 11 February 2022.