The Republicans group (Senate)

The Republicans group
Groupe Les Républicains
The Republicans group logo
Chamber Senate
Foundation 10 December 2002
Previous name(s) Union for a Popular Movement group (2002–15)
Groupe Union pour un mouvement populaire
Member parties LR
President Bruno Retailleau
Constituency Vendée
Representation
142 / 348
Ideology Gaullism
Website https://www.lesrepublicains-senat.fr/

The Republicans group (French: groupe Les Républicains), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group (French: groupe Union pour un mouvement populaire), is a parliamentary group in the Senate including representatives of The Republicans (LR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement.

History

The Union for a Popular Movement group (groupe Union pour un mouvement populaire) in the Senate was officially formed on 10 December 2002 after the foundation of the Union for a Popular Movement earlier that year; at the time of its creation, it included 167 members, an absolute majority, with Josselin de Rohan elected as its first president. The group united 93 out of 94 members of the Rally for the Republic (RPR) group, 40 out of 41 members of the Republicans and Independents (RI) group (associated with Liberal Democracy), 29 out of 54 members of the Centrist Union (UC) group, 4 out of 21 members of the European Democratic and Social Rally (RDSE) group, and 1 non-inscrit.[1] The group maintained its absolute majority until the 2004 renewal.[2]

On 15 January 2008, de Rohan stood down as president of the group to assume the role of president of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee,[3] and was succeeded the same day by the former member of the Radical Party Henri de Raincourt.[4] De Raincourt subsequently stepped down on 6 July 2009, ahead of his appointment to the government,[5] with Gérard Longuet elected unopposed as his successor on 7 July, his only opponent – Eric Doligé – having withdrawn his candidacy before the vote.[6] On 7 March 2011, Longuet departed from the presidency of the group after his appointment as Minister of Defense within the government,[7] with Jean-Claude Gaudin taking his place on 8 March uncontested; though Jean-Pierre Raffarin envisaged the possibility of presenting his candidature, he ultimately supported Gaudin for the post.[8]

The UMP group lost its relative majority in the 2011 renewal,[9][10] after which the left took control of the upper chamber for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic.[11] Though Gaudin remained in the Senate after the 2014 renewal, he did not wish to seek the presidency of the group, leaving it to an open contest instead.[12] On 2 October, Bruno Retailleau, a supporter of François Fillon in the disputed 2012 leadership election, was elected president of the group with 79 votes against Sarkozyist Roger Karoutchi with 39 votes and Longuet with 25.[13] On 2 June 2015, the group was renamed to The Republicans group (groupe Les Républicains) following the founding congress of the renamed party.[14] The group currently consists of 142 senators.[15]

List of presidents

Name Term start Term end Notes
Josselin de Rohan 10 December 2002 15 January 2008 [1][3]
Henri de Raincourt 15 January 2008 6 July 2009 [4][5]
Gérard Longuet 7 July 2009 7 March 2011 [6][7]
Jean-Claude Gaudin 8 March 2011 6 October 2014 [8][16]
Bruno Retailleau 7 October 2014 present [17]

Historical membership

Year Seats Change Series Notes
2004 Steady C [2]
2008 Decrease5 A [9]
2011 Decrease19 1 [10]
2014 Increase11 2 [18]

Founding members

The UMP group was founded on 10 December 2002 with 167 members, including 93 out of 94 members of the Rally for the Republic (RPR) group, 40 out of 41 members of the Republicans and Independents (RI) group (associated with Liberal Democracy), 29 out of 54 members of the Centrist Union (UC) group, 4 out of 21 members of the European Democratic and Social Rally (RDSE) group, and 1 non-inscrit.[1]

Name Group
About, NicolasNicolas About RI
Alduy, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Alduy UC
André, PierrePierre André RPR
Bailly, GérardGérard Bailly RPR
Balarello, JoséJosé Balarello RI
Barraux, BernardBernard Barraux** UC
Baudot, JacquesJacques Baudot UC
Bécot, MichelMichel Bécot UC
Belot, ClaudeClaude Belot UC**
Bergelin, ChristianChristian Bergelin RPR
Bernardet, DanielDaniel Bernardet UC
Besse, RogerRoger Besse RPR
Béteille, LaurentLaurent Béteille RPR
Billard, JoëlJoël Billard RI
Bizet, JeanJean Bizet RPR
Blanc, JacquesJacques Blanc RI
Blanc, PaulPaul Blanc RPR
Bourdin, JoëlJoël Bourdin RI
Bout, BrigitteBrigitte Bout RPR*
Branger, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Branger UC
Braun, GérardGérard Braun* RPR*
Braye, DominiqueDominique Braye RPR*
Brisepierre, PaulettePaulette Brisepierre RPR
Broissia, Louis deLouis de Broissia RPR
Cantegrit, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Cantegrit UC**
Carle, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Carle RI
Cazalet, AugusteAuguste Cazalet RPR
Ceccaldi-Raynaud, CharlesCharles Ceccaldi-Raynaud RPR
César, GérardGérard César RPR
Chaumont, JacquesJacques Chaumont RPR
Chérioux, JeanJean Chérioux RPR
Cléach, Marcel-PierreMarcel-Pierre Cléach RI**
Clouet, JeanJean Clouet RI
Cointat, ChristianChristian Cointat RPR
Cornu, GérardGérard Cornu RPR
Courtois, Jean-PatrickJean-Patrick Courtois RPR
del Picchia, RobertRobert del Picchia** RPR**
Demuynck, ChristianChristian Demuynck RPR
Dériot, GérardGérard Dériot** UC
Doligé, ÉricÉric Doligé RPR
Dominati, JacquesJacques Dominati RI
Doublet, MichelMichel Doublet RPR
Dubrule, PaulPaul Dubrule RPR**
Dufaut, AlainAlain Dufaut RPR
Dulait, AndréAndré Dulait UC
Dupont, AmbroiseAmbroise Dupont RI
Durand-Chastel, HubertHubert Durand-Chastel** RASNAG
Duvernois, LouisLouis Duvernois** RPR**
Eckenspieller, DanielDaniel Eckenspieller RPR*
Emin, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Emin RI
Emorine, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Emorine RI
Esneu, MichelMichel Esneu RPR
Étienne, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Étienne RPR
Faure, JeanJean Faure UC
Ferrand, AndréAndré Ferrand RI
Flandre, HilaireHilaire Flandre RPR
Flosse, GastonGaston Flosse RPR
Fouché, AlainAlain Fouché RI
Fourcade, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Fourcade RDSE
Fournier, BernardBernard Fournier RPR
Franchis, SergeSerge Franchis UC
François, PhilippePhilippe François RPR
François-Poncet, JeanJean François-Poncet RDSE
Fréville, YvesYves Fréville** UC
Gaillard, YannYann Gaillard RPR*
Garrec, RenéRené Garrec RI
Gaudin, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Gaudin RI
Gaulle, Philippe dePhilippe de Gaulle RPR
Gélard, PatricePatrice Gélard RPR
Geoffroy, AndréAndré Geoffroy RI
Gérard, AlainAlain Gérard RPR
Gerbaud, FrançoisFrançois Gerbaud RPR
Ginésy, CharlesCharles Ginésy RPR
Giraud, FrancisFrancis Giraud RPR
Girod, PaulPaul Girod RDSE
Goulet, DanielDaniel Goulet RPR
Gournac, AlainAlain Gournac RPR
Gouteyron, AdrienAdrien Gouteyron RPR
Grignon, FrancisFrancis Grignon UC
Grillot, LouisLouis Grillot RI
Gruillot, GeorgesGeorges Gruillot RPR
Guené, CharlesCharles Guené RPR
Guerry, MichelMichel Guerry RPR
Haenel, HubertHubert Haenel RPR
Hamel, EmmanuelEmmanuel Hamel RPR
Henneron, FrançoiseFrançoise Henneron RI
Hérisson, PierrePierre Hérisson UC
Hoeffel, DanielDaniel Hoeffel UC
Humbert, Jean-FrançoisJean-François Humbert RI
Hyest, Jean-JacquesJean-Jacques Hyest UC
Jarlier, PierrePierre Jarlier UC
Juilhard, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Juilhard RI
Karoutchi, RogerRoger Karoutchi RPR
Lachenaud, Jean-PhilippeJean-Philippe Lachenaud RI
La Malène, Christian deChristian de La Malène** RPR
Lanier, LucienLucien Lanier RPR
Larché, JacquesJacques Larché RI
Larcher, GérardGérard Larcher RPR
Lardeux, AndréAndré Lardeux RPR
Lassourd, PatrickPatrick Lassourd RPR
Laufoaulu, RobertRobert Laufoaulu** RPR**
Laurin, René-GeorgesRené-Georges Laurin RPR
Lecerf, Jean-RenéJean-René Lecerf RPR
Leclerc, DominiqueDominique Leclerc RPR
Legendre, JacquesJacques Legendre RPR
Le Grand, Jean-FrançoisJean-François Le Grand RPR
Lepeltier, SergeSerge Lepeltier RPR
Leroy, PhilippePhilippe Leroy RPR
Lesbros, MarcelMarcel Lesbros UC
Longuet, GérardGérard Longuet RI
Lorrain, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Lorrain UC
Loueckhote, SimonSimon Loueckhote RPR
Luart, Roland duRoland du Luart RI
Luypaert, BrigitteBrigitte Luypaert UC
Marest, MaxMax Marest RPR
Marini, PhilippePhilippe Marini RPR
Martin, PierrePierre Martin RPR
Masson, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Masson RPR
Mathieu, SergeSerge Mathieu RI
Michaux-Chevry, LucetteLucette Michaux-Chevry RPR
Miraux, Jean-LucJean-Luc Miraux RPR
Monory, RenéRené Monory UC
Mortemousque, DominiqueDominique Mortemousque UC
Mouly, GeorgesGeorges Mouly* RDSE
Murat, BernardBernard Murat RPR
Nachbar, PhilippePhilippe Nachbar RI
Natali, PaulPaul Natali RPR
Olin, NellyNelly Olin RPR
Ostermann, JosephJoseph Ostermann RPR
Oudin, JacquesJacques Oudin RPR
Papon, MoniqueMonique Papon UC
Pelchat, MichelMichel Pelchat RI
Pépin, JeanJean Pépin RI
Peyrat, JacquesJacques Peyrat RPR
Pintat, XavierXavier Pintat RI
Plasait, BernardBernard Plasait RI
Poirier, Jean-MarieJean-Marie Poirier UC
Poncelet, ChristianChristian Poncelet RPR
Poniatowski, LadislasLadislas Poniatowski RI
Pourny, AndréAndré Pourny** RI**
Puech, JeanJean Puech RI
Raincourt, Henri deHenri de Raincourt RI
Reux, VictorVictor Reux RPR
Revet, CharlesCharles Revet RI
Revol, HenriHenri Revol RI
Richemont, Henri deHenri de Richemont RPR
Richert, PhilippePhilippe Richert UC
Rispat, YvesYves Rispat RPR*
Rohan, Josselin deJosselin de Rohan RPR
Romani, RogerRoger Romani RPR
Rozier, JanineJanine Rozier RPR**
Saugey, BernardBernard Saugey RI
Schosteck, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Schosteck RPR
Sido, BrunoBruno Sido RPR
Souvet, LouisLouis Souvet RPR
Thiollière, MichelMichel Thiollière UC
Torre, HenriHenri Torre RI
Trégouët, RenéRené Trégouët RPR
Trillard, AndréAndré Trillard RPR
Trucy, FrançoisFrançois Trucy RI
Ulrich, MauriceMaurice Ulrich RPR
Valade, JacquesJacques Valade RPR
Vasselle, AlainAlain Vasselle RPR
Vial, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Vial RPR
Villepin, Xavier deXavier de Villepin UC
Vinçon, SergeSerge Vinçon RPR
Virapoullé, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Virapoullé UC
* Associated member
** Administratively attached member

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