Christian Cambon
Member of the French Senate
for Val-de-Marne
Assumed office
1 October 2004
Mayor of Saint-Maurice
In office
1989–2017
Preceded byLouis-François Manchon
Succeeded byIgor Semo
Personal details
Born (1948-03-08) 8 March 1948
Saint-Mandé, France
Political partyThe Republicans
Alma materPanthéon-Assas University
Sciences Po

Christian Cambon (born 8 March 1948) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2004, representing the Val-de-Marne department.

Early life and education

Cambon graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and holds a master's degree in Public Law (Panthéon-Assas University).

Political career

Cambon has been the Mayor of Saint-Maurice (Val-de-Marne) since 1989 and Senior Vice-Chairman of the Syndicat des eaux d’Ile-de-France (public drinking water service for the greater metropolitan Paris area)

In the Senate, Cambon serves as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces. He also chairs the French-Moroccan Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.[1]

On 24 April 2018, Cambon was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in honor of President Emmanuel Macron at the White House.[2]

Other activities

Political positions

Following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état, Cambon joined forces with fellow Senators Roger Karoutchi and Bruno Retailleau on an open letter to President Macron in Le Figaro, critizicing France's Africa policy and arguing that the failure of Operation Barkhane was in great part the reason why France and its economic, political and military presence have been rejected in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and the Central African Republic; the letter was signed by 91 other senators.[3][4]

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