{{Short description|French politician (born 1951)}} {{infobox officeholder | office = Member of the National Assembly for Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency | term_start = 23 June 1988 | predecessor = ''Proportional representation'' | office1 = Mayor of Altkirch | term_start1 = 13 March 1983 | term_end1 = 23 September 2017 | predecessor1 = Raymond Muller | successor1 = Nicolas Jander | office2 = General councillor of Haut-Rhin for Canton of Altkirch | term_start2 = 25 March 1979 | term_end2 = 15 July 2002 | predecessor2 = Raymond Muller | successor2 = Alphonse Hartmann | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|12|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Altkirch, Haut-Rhin, France | party = The Republicans | alma_mater = Sciences Po Strasbourg | occupation = Public relations executive | term_end = 21 June 2022 | successor = Didier Lemaire }} '''Jean-Luc Reitzer''' (born 29 December 1951) is a French politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency from 1988 to 2022.
== Biography == Jean-Luc Reitzer studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg (Institute of Political Studies of Strasbourg), where he graduated at the top of his class.<ref>{{Cite web |title=pARLEMENT. Reitzer ? Parfois touché, jamais coulé… |url=https://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2017/09/10/reitzer-parfois-touche-jamais-coule |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=www.lalsace.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref> He then entered the private sector and rose to become an executive of public relations at PSA Peugeot Citroën.
While still at PSA Peugeot Citroën, he entered politics and became the deputy mayor of Altkirch in the Sundgau region in 1977. Reitzer then served as a general councillor of Haut-Rhin for the Canton of Altkirch from 1979 to 2002 and also became the mayor of the capital of Sundgau in 1983, in which position he served until 2017, when he resigned due to the law on the accumulation of mandates. Briefly serving on the Regional Council of Alsace from 1986 to 1988, he was elected Member of the National Assembly for Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency in the 1988 French legislative elections. Defining himself as a "Gaullist of progress," he joined the Rally for the Republic (RPR) and its successors, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and The Republicans (LR).<ref>{{Cite web |title=LÉGISLATIVES 2017 - CIRCONSCRIPTION Altkirch-Huningue. Jean-Luc Reitzer, candidat |url=https://www.dna.fr/edition-de-saint-louis-altkirch/2017/05/10/jean-luc-reitzer-candidat |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=www.dna.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref>
In the National Assembly, Reitzer serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is also a member of the Study Group on the Tibet Question, the France-Bahrain Parliamentary Friendship Group, the France-Djibouti Parliamentary Friendship Group, the France-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.<ref>[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA2529 Jean-Luc Reitzer] French National Assembly.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GROUPE D'ÉTUDES SUR LE PROBLÈME DU TIBET |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/12/tribun/getude/ge_tibet.asp |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=www.assemblee-nationale.fr}}</ref>
Reitzer supported Alain Juppé in the LR presidential primary of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Primaire de la droite et du centre : qui soutient qui en Alsace ? |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/primaire-droite-du-centre-qui-soutient-qui-alsace-1135225.html |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=France 3 Grand Est |date=19 November 2016 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 French legislative elections with 55% of the vote, despite the general difficulties LR candidates faced in overcoming the "Macron wave" that year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=l'Intérieur |first=Ministère de |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2017 |url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017 |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=interieur.gouv.fr|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-12 |title=La "vague Macron" a aussi déferlé sur les unes de la presse |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2017/06/12/resultats-legislatives-2017-la-vague-macron-a-aussi-deferle-s_a_22137219/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr}}</ref>
In May 2018, Reitzer expressed concerns with the treatment of Members of the National Assembly in France, particularly with regards to the numerous regulations they must follow and widespread suspicion of their work. He proposed exploring the possibility of raising deputies' salaries, arguing that this would "combat temptations like corruption." Reitzer also claimed that "We now spend our time collecting fees and restaurant bills."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-05-24 |title=Ce député veut une augmentation pour "lutter contre les tentations" |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/05/24/le-depute-jean-luc-reitzer-veut-une-augmentation-pour-lutter-contre-les-tentations_a_23442934/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr}}</ref> His statements provoked a media frenzy and were widely debated on social media.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Qui est Jean-Luc Reitzer, l'élu qui suggère de "payer mieux les députés"? |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/2277699-20180525-assemblee-nationale-jean-luc-reitzer-elu-suggere-payer-mieux-deputes |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=www.20minutes.fr |date=25 May 2018 |language=fr}}</ref>
On 5 March 2020, Reitzer was hospitalized in Mulhouse in a "worrying state" after testing positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-05 |title=Le député alsacien Jean-Luc Reitzer hospitalisé pour coronavirus |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/sante-sciences/un-depute-alsacien-hospitalise-pour-suspicion-de-coronavirus-1583440846 |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=France Bleu |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-06 |title=Coronavirus : le député Jean-Luc Reitzer toujours hospitalisé, 4 nouveaux signalements à l'Assemblée |url=https://www.tf1info.fr/sante/coronavirus-le-depute-jean-luc-reitzer-toujours-hospitalise-4-nouveaux-signalements-a-l-assemblee-2147284.html |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=TF1 INFO |language=fr}}</ref> After two and a half months, including one month in a coma, Reitzer was released from the hospital in May.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CORONAVIRUS. [Vidéo] Jean-Luc Reitzer : " Quand on est passé près de la mort, on remet tout en perspective " |url=https://www.lalsace.fr/sante/2020/05/29/video-jean-luc-reitzer-quand-on-est-passe-pres-de-la-mort-on-remet-tout-en-perspective |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=www.lalsace.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref> He returned to the National Assembly in October, denouncing the "dysfunctions" of the French government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-13 |title=VIDEO. Covid-19 : après un mois dans le coma, le député Jean-Luc Reitzer retrouve les bancs de l'Assemblée nationale |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/video-rescape-du-covid-19-le-depute-jean-luc-reitzer-retrouve-les-bancs-de-l-assemblee-nationale_4140203.html |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
On 6 May 2022, Reitzer announced to the regional press that he would not be running for an eighth term in the National Assembly in the 2022 legislative elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last=à 09h58 |first=Par Benoît Daragon Le 8 juin 2022 |date=2022-06-08 |title=34 ans à l'Assemblée : le député Jean-Luc Reitzer fait ses valises |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/34-ans-a-lassemblee-le-depute-jean-luc-reitzer-fait-ses-valises-08-06-2022-HKVE4RHINBF7XAB5OGTASDNJFU.php |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== Electoral offices ==
* 1979–2022: General councillor of Haut-Rhin (vice-president from 1998 to 2001) * 1977–1983: Deputy mayor of Altkirch, Haut-Rhin * 1983–2017: Mayor of Altkirch * 1986–1988: Regional councillor of Alsace * 1988–2022: Member of the National Assembly for Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency
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