Philippe Richert

{{Short description|French politician}}

{{ infobox Politician

| name = Philippe Richert

| image = Philippe Richert par Claude Truong-Ngoc janvier 2016.jpg

| office = President of the Regional council of Grand Est

| term_start = 4 January 2016

| term_end = 30 September 2017

| predecessor = New title

| successor = Jean Rottner

| office2 = President of the Regional council of Alsace

| term_start2 = 26 March 2010

| term_end2 = 31 December 2015

| predecessor2 = André Reichardt

| successor2 = Office eliminated

| office3 = Senator of Bas-Rhin

| term_start3 = 2 October 1992

| term_end3 = 14 December 2010

| successor3 =

| office4 = President of the Bas-Rhin Departmental Council

| term_start4 = 22 July 1998

| term_end4 = 20 March 2008

| predecessor4 = {{Interlanguage link multi|Daniel Hoeffel|fr}}

| successor4 = {{Interlanguage link multi|Guy-Dominique Kennel|fr}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|05|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ingwiller, France

| nationality = French

| spouse = Louise Richert

| party = The Republicans

| alma_mater = Louis Pasteur University

}}

Philippe Richert (born 22 May 1953) is a French politician of The Republicans party (known as the Union for a Popular Movement until 2015), president of the regional council of Grand Est from 2016 to 2017. He previously was the president of the regional council of Alsace, until its dissolution on 1 January 2016.

From 1992 to 2010, Richert was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Bas-Rhin department, and was nominated as the responsible for the relations between the French Senate and the Israeli Knesset. He was Minister for Local authorities under the Minister of Interior, Overseas, Local authorities and Immigration from 14 November 2010 to 10 May 2012. He began his political career as a member of the Bas-Rhin Departmental Council, representing the La Petite Pierre canton. Mr. Richert is also the president of the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder.