Paris (AFP)
The new Republican President Christian Jacob has chosen a young deputy, Aurélien Pradié, as secretary-general, who will support him in his heavy task of rebuilding the party before the municipal elections.
The Loir-et-Cher MP Guillaume Peltier, who had given up his position at the head of LR, remains number two of the party as vice-president delegate, according to the organizational chart of LR obtained by AFP Wednesday.
Aurélien Pradié, a 33-year-old Lot deputy, was leading a "renewal committee" in the middle of the crisis since his defeat in the European elections, several of whom are promoted to the new leadership.
The deputy of Ain Damien Abad, whose name circulates to take the presidency of the group LR in the Assembly, is the great absent of the management team.
In addition to this leadership, Mr. Jacob has surrounded himself with a strategic council, which include his former rivals as LR, MPs Julien Aubert and Guillaume Larrivé, and the president of the Association of Mayors of France, François Baroin.
Several assistant secretaries general come from the "renewal committee" such as the deputy Pierre-Henri Dumont, in charge of youth, or the deputy Fabien di Filippo, who keeps the adhesions. The first vice-president of Normandy Sophie Gaugain is in charge of the federations.
MPs Ian Boucard and Julien Dive, close to the former LR Xavier Bertrand, as well as Senator Sophie Primas, close to the Senate Speaker Gérard Larcher, appear among 13 deputy secretaries-general who will represent the regions and territories, dear to this party and Mr. Larcher.
In addition to Mr. Peltier, LR will have six vice-presidents including Haute-Savoie Deputy Virginie Duby-Muller, President of the Pays-de-Loire region Christelle Morançais, close to Senators leader Bruno Retailleau, and former spokesman Gilles Platret.
The former secretary general of LR and vice-president of the National Assembly, Annie Genevard, takes the presidency of the national council (parliament).
The deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes Eric Ciotti, who covets Nice, as the outgoing LR Christian Estrosi, retains the strategic National Commission of investiture.
Daniel Fasquelle remains treasurer.
The deputy and mayor of Antibes Jean Leonetti, who had been the interim head of LR since the resignation in June of Laurent Wauquiez, is in charge of a "prefiguration mission" of a foundation intended to become a research laboratory. ideas.
Party leaders, such as MEPs Nadine Morano and Brice Hortefeux, and Rachida Dati, who was approached for Paris, are political advisers.
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