Richard Ferrand

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Richard Ferrand
Ferrand in 2019
President of the National Assembly
In office 12 September 2018 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	François de Rugy
Succeeded by	Yaël Braun-Pivet
President of the La République En Marche! group in the National Assembly
In office 27 June 2017 – 12 September 2018
Preceded by	Group established
Succeeded by	Gilles Le Gendre
Minister of Territorial Cohesion
In office 17 May 2017 – 19 June 2017
President	Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister	Édouard Philippe
Preceded by	Emmanuelle Cosse
Succeeded by	Jacques Mézard
General Secretary of En Marche!
In office 1 October 2016 – 22 June 2017
President	Emmanuel Macron Catherine Barbaroux (Acting)
Preceded by	Ludovic Chaker
Succeeded by	Stéphane Roques
Member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency
In office 19 June 2012 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Christian Ménard
Succeeded by	Mélanie Thomin
Personal details
Born	(1962-07-01) 1 July 1962 (age 62) Rodez, France
Political party	Renaissance (2016–present)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Party (1980–2017)
Alma mater	Toulouse 1 University Capitole Paris Descartes University

Richard Ferrand (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃaʁ fɛʁɑ̃]; born 1 July 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as President of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2022. He had served as a member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency from 2012 to 2022.^[1][2] A longtime member of the Socialist Party, he was LREM's General Secretary from October 2016. He briefly served as Minister for the Cohesion of Territories between May and June 2017 before resigning due to nepotism accusations. Following his resignation, he became the leader of the party's group in the National Assembly in June 2017 and then was elected to the Chamber's Presidency in September 2018.

In June 2022, he became the third incumbent presiding officer of the French lower house in history to be unseated after distant predecessors Raymond Forni in 2002 and Armand Marrast in 1849 (during the French Second Republic).