Manuel Aeschlimann

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Manuel Aeschlimann (born October 22, 1964 in Asnières-sur-Seine) is a French politician.

He began his political career at the early age of 25, as a city councillor in Asnières sur Seine. He was appointed first deputy major and went on to be elected mayor of Asnières in 1999.

He was elected deputy to the French National Assembly in June 2002 as a member of the ruling right-wing party UMP; he is a member of the commissions of laws of the Assembly. On 17 June 2007, he was reelected deputy with 56,2 % of the votes.

He is a close friend of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, of whom he was the political advisor in his successful race for president. ^[1] He was for several years teaching Political Strategy at the well known Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris(contract with IEP stopped in 2007).