Originally from Paris, Bernard Bouley moved to Mennecy in Essonne in 1978.[2] He presented himself as a business executive.[3]
He served as the president of the Association for Occupational Health in Essonne (ASTE).[4][5]
While serving as deputy mayor in Mennecy, he ran as a candidate in a partial legislative election in 1995 in the Essonne's 2nd constituency, as the substitute for Franck Marlin, a dissident from the Rally for the Republic (RPR) and mayor of Étampes. They were elected and re-elected from 1997 to 2017 under various labels of RPR, Union for a Popular Movement, and Republicans.[2]
In January 2013, he ran in the partial municipal election of Morigny-Champigny on the list of the incumbent mayor, Catherine Carrère, and was elected municipal councillor.
In the 2020 municipal elections, Bernard Bouley was elected municipal councillor of Milly-la-Forêt,[6] while Franck Marlin was re-elected mayor of Étampes.[7][8] However, new legislation on the accumulation of mandates prohibited him from holding both positions simultaneously. He then resigned from the National Assembly, being succeeded by Bernard Bouley.[9][10]
He did not run for a second term in the 2022 legislative elections.[11]
Bernard Bouley joined The Republicans group.[12]
