Union for a Popular Movement leadership election, 2002

Union for a Popular Movement leadership election

17 November 2002 (2002-11-17)



Candidate	Alain Juppé	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
Party	UMP	UMP
Popular vote	37,822	7,098
Percentage	79.42%	14.91%

President before election

party created

Elected President

Alain Juppé

The 2002 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election was held on November 17, 2002 to elect the leadership of the newly created Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire, UMP).

Alain Juppé, a former Prime Minister and close ally of President Jacques Chirac, became the new party's first president.

Presidential candidates

Candidates seeking to run for the party presidency needed to win the endorsements of at least 3% of party members. Each candidate created a "ticket" with two other party members for the offices of vice-president and secretary-general of the UMP.

Alain Juppé: mayor of Bordeaux, deputy for the Gironde's 2nd constituency and former Prime Minister between 1995 and 1997 (ex-RPR)
- Candidate for vice president: Jean-Claude Gaudin, mayor of Marseille and Senator for the Bouches-du-Rhône (ex-DL)
- Candidate for secretary-general: Philippe Douste-Blazy, mayor of Toulouse and deputy of the Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency (ex-UDF)

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: mayor of Yerres and deputy for the Essonne's 8th constituency (ex-RPR)
- Candidate for vice president: Sylvie Perrin (ex-RPR)
- Candidate for secretary-general: Christophe Beaudouin (ex-RPR)

Rachid Kaci: former member of Alain Madelin's campaign staff in the 2002 presidential election (ex-DL)
- Candidate for vice president: Alexandre del Valle (ex-RPR)
- Candidate for secretary-general: Monique Boury

Brigitte Freytag: ex-RPR
- Candidate for vice president: Alexandre Chermezon (ex-RPR)
- Candidate for secretary-general: Cyril Lendrin (ex-RPR)

Mourad Ghazli: ex-RPR
- Candidate for vice president: Catherine Rigny
- Candidate for secretary-general: Philippe Licha

Results

UMP leadership election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	Alain Juppé / Jean-Claude Gaudin and Philippe Douste-Blazy	37,822	79.42
	UMP	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan / Sylvie Perrin and Christophe Beaudouin	7,098	14.91
	UMP	Rachid Kaci / Alexandre del Valle and Monique Boury	1,510	3.17
	UMP	Brigitte Freytag / Alexandre Chermezon and Cyril Lendrin	808	1.7
	UMP	Mourad Ghazli / Catherine Rigny and Philippe Licha	382	0.8

References

↑ France-politique.fr

Union for a Popular Movement

Presidents	Alain Juppé (2002–2004) Nicolas Sarkozy (2004–2007) Jean-François Copé (2012–2014) Nicolas Sarkozy (2014–)

Secretaries-General	Philippe Douste-Blazy (2002–2004) Pierre Méhaignerie (2004–2007) Patrick Devedjian (2007–2008) Xavier Bertrand (2008-2010) Jean-François Copé (2010-2012) Michèle Tabarot (2012-) with Valérie Pécresse and Marc-Philippe Daubresse (January 2013-present)

Vice Presidents	Jean-Claude Gaudin (2002-2007) Jean-Claude Gaudin, Pierre Méhaignerie, Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2007-2012) Luc Chatel (2012-) plus with Laurent Wauquiez, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Christian Estrosi, Brice Hortefeux, Roger Karoutchi, Gérard Longuet and Henri de Raincourt (Jan 2013-) plus with Hubert Falco, Rachida Dati, Hervé Gaymard, Christian Kert, Jean-François Lamour, Jean-Paul Fournier, Jean-Pierre Audy, Guillaume Peltier, Jean Leonetti, Thierry Mariani, Patrick Ollier and Bernard Perrut (Feb 2013-)

Prime Ministers	Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2002-2005) Dominique de Villepin (2005-2007) François Fillon (2007-2012)

Presidential candidates	Jacques Chirac (2002) Nicolas Sarkozy (2007) Nicolas Sarkozy (2012)

Congresses	2002 2004 2012

Movements	The Strong Right The Social Right Modern and Humanist France Gaullism, a way forward for France The Popular Right

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