Daniel Fasquelle

Daniel Fasquelle (born 16 January 1963) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2020, representing the Pas-de-Calais department.^[1]

Daniel Fasquelle
Daniel Fasquelle in 2013
Mayor of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2020
Preceded by	Lilyane Lussignol
In office 9 March 2008 – 10 July 2017
Preceded by	Léonce Deprez
Succeeded by	Lilyane Lussignol
Member of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2021
President	Xavier Bertrand
Member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 4th constituency
In office 20 June 2007 – 5 August 2020
Preceded by	Léonce Deprez
Succeeded by	Robert Therry
Personal details
Born	(1963-01-16) 16 January 1963 (age 62) Saint-Omer, France
Political party	The Republicans (2015–present)
Other political affiliations	Union for a Popular Movement (2007–2015)
Alma mater	Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University

Political career

In parliament, Fasquelle has been serving on the Committee on Economic Affairs since 2009.^[2]

In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Fasquelle endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.^[3]

On 26 August 2017, Fasquelle declared himself a candidate in the leadership election for the presidency of The Republicans,^[4] but was deemed to have secured an insufficient number of sponsorships on 26 October and therefore considered ineligible.^[5]

Following Christian Jacob's election as LR chairman, Fasquelle announced his candidacy to succeed him as leader of the party's parliamentary group. In an internal vote in November 2019, he eventually came in fourth out of six candidates; the position went to Damien Abad instead.^[6]

At the Republicans’ national convention in December 2021, Fasquelle was part of the 11-member committee which oversaw the party’s selection of its candidate for the 2022 presidential elections.^[7]