{{Short description|French politician (born 1964)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=February 2011}} {{Expand French|topic=gov|date=February 2017}} }} {{infobox officeholder | name = Luc Chatel | image = Luc Chatel par Claude Truong-Ngoc août 2015.jpg | caption = Luc Chatel in 2015 | office = Minister of National Education | term_start = 23 June 2009 | term_end = 16 May 2012 | president = Nicolas Sarkozy | prime_minister = François Fillon | predecessor = Xavier Darcos | successor = Vincent Peillon | office2 = Government Spokespeople | term_start2 = 18 March 2008 | term_end2 = 13 November 2010 | president2 = Nicolas Sarkozy | prime_minister2 = François Fillon | predecessor2 = Laurent Wauquiez | successor2 = François Baroin | office3 = Member of the National Assembly<br />for Haute-Marne's 1st constituency | term_start3 = 19 June 2012 | term_end3 = 19 June 2017 | predecessor3 = Sophie Delong | successor3 = Bérangère Abba | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|08|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | education = Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague | alma_mater = University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | party = UMP<br>The Republicans }}
'''Luc-Marie Chatel''' ({{IPA|fr|lyk maʁi ʃatɛl|lang}}) (born 15 August 1964) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who served as Minister of National Education in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from June 2009 to May 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/malgre-la-prise-d-otages-le-ministre-de-l-education-luc-chatel-ne-veut-pas-d-ecole-bunker-14-12-2010-1274891_23.php|title=Malgré la prise d'otages, le ministre de l'Éducation Luc Chatel ne veut pas "d'école-bunker", actualité Société : Le Point|date=14 December 2010|work=Le Point|language=French|accessdate=18 February 2011}}</ref> In 2014, he served as the acting chair of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).<ref>Benjamin Mallet and Laurence Frost (22 June 2014), [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-alstom-ge-deal-idUKKBN0EX0U820140622 France secures Alstom stake option ahead of GE tie-up] ''Reuters''.</ref><ref>Bruno Jeudy (10 June 2014), [https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/UMP-le-triumvirat-prend-la-direction-provisoire-avec-Chatel-671068 UMP : le triumvirat prend la direction provisoire avec Chatel] ''Le Journal du Dimanche''.</ref>
Also, Chatel served as the Secretary of state for Consumer Affairs and Tourism from June 2007 to March 2008, and Government's Spokesman from June 2009 until November 2010.
==Political career==
'''Governmental functions'''
* Minister of National Education, Youth and Voluntary : 2010–2012. * Minister of National Education, government's spokesman : 2009–2010. * Secretary of State for Industry and Consumer Affairs, government's spokesman : 2008–2009. * Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs and Tourism : 2007–2008.
'''Electoral mandates'''
'''''National Assembly of France'''''
* Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Marne (1st constituency) : 2002-2007 (Became Secretary of State in 2007) / 2012–2017. Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007, 2012.
'''''Regional Council'''''
* Vice-president of the Regional Council of Champagne-Ardenne : 1998–2004. * Regional councillor of Champagne-Ardenne : 1998–2010. Reelected in 2004.
'''''Municipal Council'''''
* Mayor of Chaumont : 2008-2013 (Resignation). * Municipal councillor of Chaumont : 1996-2002 (Resignation). 2008–2014. Reelected in 2001, 2008. * Municipal councillor of Bayard-sur-Marne : 1993–1995.
'''''Community of Communes Council'''''
* President of the Communes Community of the Pays chaumontais : 200–2014. * Member of the Communes Community of the Pays chaumontais : 2008–2014.
'''Political function'''
* Spokesman of the Union for a Popular Movement : 2002–2007.
==Political positions== Within the UMP, Chatel initially was part of Les Réformateurs, the party’s liberal wing.
From August 2012, Chatel – alongside Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Jean Leonetti and Marc Laffineur – led ''Modern and Humanist France'' (''France moderne et humaniste''), a recognized movement within the UMP. In the UMP's 2012 leadership election, he endorsed Jean-François Copé.<ref>James Regan (26 August 2012), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-ump-idUSBRE87P03120120826 Cope takes on Fillon in race to lead France's UMP] ''Reuters''.</ref>
Ahead of the Republicans’ 2016 primaries, Chatel endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party’s candidate for 2017 presidential elections.<ref>Ludovic Vigogne (20 April 2016), [https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/primaire-a-droite-la-liste-des-premiers-soutiens-parlementaires Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires] ''L’Opinion''.</ref><ref>Ingrid Melander and Sophie Loue (2 November 2016), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN12X2AA France's Sarkozy steps up attacks on Juppe, lags in polls] ''Reuters''.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231192829/http://www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement/luc-chatel Official biography at the Government of France]
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