Antoine Valentin

Valentin was formerly a member of Debout la France, and was elected departmental secretary of the party in Haute-Savoie in 2014.^[4] In the 2015 departmental elections, he was a candidate for the Departmental Council of Haute-Savoie in the canton of Bonneville.^[5] In the 2017 legislative election, he was the substitute of independent candidate Charles Hedrich in Haute-Savoie's 6th constituency.^[6] He later joined The Republicans and endorsed Julien Aubert in the 2019 leadership election.^[7]

In the 2020 municipal elections, Valentin was elected mayor of Saint-Jeoire in an upset.^[8][9][10] Since 2021, he has served as president of Massif des Brasses.^[2] He endorsed the manifesto of Julien Aubert for the 2022 presidential election,^[11] and sponsored the candidacy of Éric Zemmour.^[12] In the 2024 legislative election, he was the candidate of The Republicans for Haute-Savoie's 3rd constituency, with the endorsement of the National Rally and Reconquête.^[13] He was defeated in the second round by Christelle Petex-Levet.^[14] He joined Éric Ciotti's newly founded Union of the Right for the Republic in 2024 and was appointed general delegate for local collectivities.^[3]