Maël de Calan
French politician (born 1980)
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Maël de La Lande de Calan (French pronunciation: [maɛl d(ə) la lɑ̃d də kalɑ̃]; born 30 April 1980) is a French politician who has served as President of the Departmental Council of Finistère since 2021.[1] He has been a departmental councillor for the canton of Saint-Pol-de-Léon since 2015, as well as a municipal councillor of Roscoff since 2014.[2] De Calan ran in the 2017 The Republicans leadership election, placing third.
30 April 1980
(2018–present)
affiliations
(1998–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement
(2002–2015)
The Republicans
(2015–2019)
Maël de Calan | |
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De Calan in 2024 | |
| President of the Departmental Council of Finistère | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Nathalie Sarrabezolles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maël de La Lande de Calan 30 April 1980 Marseille, France |
| Party | Soyons libres (2018–present) |
Other political affiliations | Rally for the Republic (1998–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–2019) |
Early life and career
De Calan was born in Marseille in 1980,[3] and joined the Rally for the Republic at the age of 18.[4][5] While studying at Sciences Po in 2002, he was the last leader of its Rally for the Republic branch, and the first leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch.[6] He later studied at HEC Paris, where he served as leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch.[3][4] He was a co-leader of the La Boîte à idées motion at the 2012 party congress, and was appointed member of its political bureau in 2013.[7] He was elected municipal councillor of Roscoff in 2014, and was elected member of the Departmental Council of Finistère in 2015.[2]
In 2016, de Calan was elected leader of The Republicans in Finistère.[8] Ahead of the party's 2016 presidential primary, he served as spokesperson for Alain Juppé.[9] He was a candidate for leader of The Republicans in the 2017 election, and finished third to Laurent Wauquiez and Florence Portelli.[10] In the 2017 legislative election, he was a candidate for Finistère's 4th constituency.[11] He joined Soyons libres in February 2018, and was appointed as its vice president.[12] In August 2018, he stood down as leader of The Republicans in Finistère, and endorsed Philippe Paul as his successor.[13] He left The Republicans in 2019, alongside Valérie Pécresse.[14]