Alexandre Vincendet
Member of the National Assembly
for Rhône's 7th constituency
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded byAnissa Khedher
Personal details
Born (1983-10-06) 6 October 1983
Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain, France
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations		UMP (2004 to 2015)
Alma materInstitut supérieur du management public et politique

Alexandre Vincendet (born 6 October 1983) is a French politician.

A member of The Republicans, he was elected Member of Parliament for Rhône's 7th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election.

He has also been a councilor for the Lyon Metropolis since 2015, re-elected in 2020.

He was mayor of Rillieux-la-Pape from 2014 to 2022.

Biography

Early life and education

Vincendet was born in Ambérieu-en-Bugey in Ain.

He studied law and political science and graduated in strategies and public and political decisions from the Higher Institute of Public and Political Management (ISMaPP Paris).[1]

Political career

Vincendet became engaged in political life in 2004 with Étienne Blanc the MP and mayor of Divonne-les-Bains, he began his political career as an activist in Ain and took part in several electoral campaigns with elected officials of national and regional rank, including Jean-François Copé, deputy-mayor of Meaux as project manager in the direction of the federations, then responsible for membership at the national level of the UMP.[2] In 2013, he joined Philippe Cochet, deputy mayor of Caluire-et-Cuire with whom he worked for more than a year as project manager.[1][2] In particular, he coordinates the events of the year of the commemoration of French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.[3]

Mayor of Rillieux-la-Pape

On March 30, 2014, seven months after his inauguration as mayor, the electoral list he lead won the municipal elections in Rillieux-la-Pape with 48.78% of the votes.[1] He was elected mayor by the municipal council the following April 5. He was also elected to the Metropolitan Council of Lyonwhere he sat as a member of the finance, institutions, resources and territorial organization commission.[4] He was re-elected to these two positions in 2020.

After his election as a Member of Parliament he resigned from his position as mayor to comply with the law on the accumulation of mandates: Julien Smati succeeded him. Remaining municipal councillor and metropolitan councillor, he nevertheless remains very influential in the actions and communications of the municipality, presents himself as "president of the municipal majority" and sits to the right of the current mayor within the municipal council, a place usually reserved for deputies. He also openly deplores the impossibility of being deputy mayor, in force since 2017.[5]

MP for Rhône

On 14 June 2016, he was nominated by Les Républicains candidate for Rhône's 7th constituency in the 2017 French legislative election which covers the communes of Bron, Rillieux-la-Pape, Sathonay-Camp, Sathonay-Village et Vaulx-en-Velin.[6] He failed in the second round against LREM candidate Anissa Khedher.[7]

In the 2022 French legislative election, Alexandre Vincendet was elected MP for the Rhône's 7th constituency winning 53.44% of the votes in the second round against NUPES candidate Abdelkader Lahmar.[8] During the campaign, he received the support of Édouard Philippe and Gérald Darmanin.[9] The incumbent LREM MP Anissa Khedher was eliminated in the first roundr[9]

He hired Jérôme Lavrilleux (sentenced to 2 years in the Bygmalion affair),[10] Daphné Moly Cappo (collaborator at the town hall of Rillieux-La-Pape) and Charles Perrut (son of the former deputy Bernard Perrut) as collaborators parliamentarians.[11][12]

Politically close to Jean-François Copé, he supports an alliance between LREM and Les Republicans.[9]

At the start of the legislature, he defended pension reform and supported the controversial Turin–Lyon high-speed railway.[5]

Court cases

On 18 November 2020, Alexandre Vincendet was convicted by the Lyon criminal court for having committed acts of violence against a minor on 6 March 2020, without incapacity, by an ascendant; in this case his son then aged 4 years old. This conviction was not recorded in the criminal record of the person concerned, who subsequently followed a parental responsibility course.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

In October 2021, a complaint against Alexandre Vincendet for violence against a 15-year-old minor by a person with authority, in this case his son then aged 5, was dismissed, insufficiently characterized.[19]

In March 2023, the Lyon public prosecutor's office opened an investigation for illegal taking of interest and embezzlement targeting Alexandre Vincendet in question a free shuttle for the private establishment Saint-Charles de Rillieux-La-Pape set up in 2021.[20][21][22][23]

Bibliography

He is the author of a book Ce n'est qu'une question de courage released by Ramsay in 2022.[24]

The action of Alexandre Vincendet at the town hall of Rillieux-la-Pape is the subject of a chapter in Erwan Seznec's book, Our elected officials and Islam , published by Robert Laffont in 2020[25] as well as a work entitled Les territoires gagnés de la République, written by Arnaud Lacheret and released by Le bord de l'eau in 2019.[26]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rillieux-la-Pape, Ville de (2014). "BIOGRAPHIE". Site Internet de la Ville de Rillieux-la-Pape (in French). Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  2. 1 2 "Nouveaux maires UMP : qui sont les tombeurs des bastions de gauche du Grand Lyon ?". Rue89Lyon. 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  3. ↑ "L ambitieux vincendet voit loin - politique - Tribune de Lyon". www.tribunedelyon.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Alexandre Vincendet - La Métropole de Lyon". www.grandlyon.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. 1 2 Elian Delacôte (29 May 2023). "À Rillieux-la-Pape, Alexandre Vincendet réinvente la figure du député-maire". rue89lyon.fr. Retrieved 29 May 2023..
  6. ↑ "Législatives : Alexandre Vincendet entre en campagne". Le Progrès. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  7. ↑ "Rhône - 7ème circonscription : les résultats de l'élection législatives 2022". Le Point. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  8. ↑ "Alexandre Vincendet (LR) prend sa revanche aux législatives dans la 7e circonscription du Rhône". Rue89Lyon. 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  9. 1 2 3 "Assemblée nationale : Alexandre Vincendet, un des visages de la relève de la droite lyonnaise". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-06-29.
  10. ↑ ""Je suis fatigué" : Jérôme Lavrilleux condamné à 2 ans ferme dans l'affaire Bygmalion". Europe 1 (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  11. ↑ Christine Ollivier (2022-06-21). "Jérôme Lavrilleux fait son retour en politique". lejdd.fr..
  12. ↑ "Législatives 2022 : Jérôme Lavrilleux, au cœur de l'affaire Bygmalion, revient à l'Assemblée comme collaborateur". Franceinfo (in French). 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  13. ↑ Nicolas Barriquand (2021-12-06). "Rillieux-la-Pape : ce qui se cache derrière les rumeurs sur Alexandre Vincendet". Mediacités Lyon. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  14. ↑ Rue89Lyon (2021-12-07). "Accusé de violences, le maire de Rillieux-la-Pape Alexandre Vincendet dans la tourmente". Rue89Lyon (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ "Rillieux-la-Pape: l'opposition réclame la démission du maire, condamné pour des violences intrafamiliales". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  16. ↑ Trentesaux, Jacques (2021-12-07). "Pourquoi Mediacités a publié l'information de la condamnation du maire de Rillieux-la-Pape". Mediacités (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  17. ↑ "Métropole de Lyon. Le maire de Rillieux-la-Pape condamné pour violences intrafamiliales". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  18. ↑ "Rillieux-la-Pape. Deux élues d'opposition demandent la démission de la majorité". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  19. ↑ Koller, Rodolphe (2021-12-09). "Alexandre Vincendet, une semaine en enfer". Tribune de Lyon (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  20. ↑ "Rillieux-la-Pape. Navette du centre scolaire privé : une enquête ouverte pour " prise illégale d'intérêt "". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  21. ↑ Lemerle, Pierre (2023-03-18). "À Rillieux, une enquête en cours après l'affaire de la navette gratuite pour le collège privé". Rue89Lyon (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  22. ↑ Burlet, Laurent (2021-10-11). "À Rillieux, la mairie finance une navette pour le collège privé mais pas pour le public". Rue89Lyon (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  23. ↑ Mag, Lyon (2023-04-09). "Lyon Mag". Lyon Mag (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  24. ↑ "Le maire de Rillieux-la-Pape Alexandre Vincendet sort un livre sur son parcours politique". Lyon Mag. 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  25. ↑ Clément Pétreault (2020-09-18). "Le sentiment de culpabilité a fait des dégâts énormes à gauche". Le Point. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  26. ↑ Hadrien Mathoux (2019-06-04). "On peut être laïque dans une banlieue populaire et gagner des voix". www.marianne.net. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
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