| Office 1 | Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness |
|---|---|
| Term start 1 | 12 October 2025 |
| Prime minister 1 | Sébastien Lecornu |
| Predecessor 1 | Laurent Saint-Martin |
| Office 2 | Member of the National Assembly for Indre's 2nd constituency |
| Term start 2 | 21 June 2017 |
| Predecessor 2 | Isabelle Bruneau |
| Term start 3 | 20 June 2007 |
| Term end 3 | 19 June 2012 |
| Predecessor 3 | Bernard Pousset |
| Successor 3 | Isabelle Bruneau |
| Term start 4 | 2 April 1993 |
| Term end 4 | 30 April 2004 |
| Predecessor 4 | Jean-Claude Blin |
| Successor 4 | Bernard Pousset |
| Office 5 | Secretary of State for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs |
| Term start 5 | 31 March 2004 |
| Term end 5 | 31 May 2005 |
| Prime minister 5 | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Predecessor 5 | Raymond-Max Aubert (Rural Development, 1995) |
| Successor 5 | Guillaume Garot (Minister Delegate for Agrifood, 2012) |
| Office 6 | Member of the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire |
| Term start 6 | 18 December 2015 |
| Office 7 | Mayor of La Châtre |
| Term start 7 | 25 June 1995 |
| Term end 7 | 11 July 2017 |
| Predecessor 7 | Maurice Tissandier |
| Successor 7 | Patrick Judalet |
| Birth date | 17 February 1961 (age 65) |
| Birth place | Paris, France |
| Party | Republican Party (1986–1997) Liberal Democracy (1997–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–present) |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sorbonne University Sciences Po |
Nicolas Forissier (nikɔla fɔʁisje; born 17 February 1961) is a French politician who has represented the 2nd constituency of the Indre department in the National Assembly since 2017, previously holding the seat twice, from 1993 to 2004 and again from 2007 until his defeat in 2012. A member of The Republicans (LR), he was appointed Secretary of State for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs in 2004, a position he retained until 2005.
Career
Forissier started his political career as a Deputy Mayor of La Châtre in 1989, before his election to the mayorship in 1995, an office he would retain until 2017. From 2002 to 2017, he also presided over the communauté de communes de La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère.[1][2] In 2017, he was appointed honorary mayor by the prefect of Indre.[3]
In the 1993 legislative election, Forissier was elected to the National Assembly in the 2nd constituency of Indre. He was reelected in 1997, 2002, 2007, 2017, 2022 and 2024.[4] In Parliament, he has served on the Production Committee (1993–2002), Finance Committee (2002–2004, 2007–2012, 2017–2020) and Foreign Affairs Committee (2020–present). In addition to his committee assignments, he has presided over the French-Argentinian Parliamentary Friendship Group since 2017, a position he previously held twice (2002–2004, 2007–2009). He also presided over the French-Mauritanian Parliamentary Friendship Group (1997–2002) and French-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group (2009–2012).[4]
From 2004 to 2005, Forissier served as Secretary of State for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs under successive Agriculture Ministers Hervé Gaymard and Dominique Bussereau in the third government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.[1][4]
In 2015, Forissier was elected to the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2021, he led a joint ticket between The Republicans, the Union of Democrats and Independents, the Rurality Movement, The Centrists and Soyons libres, but placed second behind incumbent Regional Council President François Bonneau of the Socialist Party.[5]
Political positions
In The Republicans' 2017 leadership election, Forissier endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.[6]
References
- ^ "Ministère de l'Agriculture. Cabinet de Nicolas FORISSIER, secrétaire d'État à l'Agriculture, à l'Alimentation, à la Pêche et aux..." (in French). francearchives.gouv.fr.
- ^ "François Daugeron succède à Nicolas Forissier" (in French). www.lanouvellerepublique.fr. 17 July 2017.
- ^ Évelyne Caron (29 November 2017). "Nicolas Forissier maire honoraire" (in French). www.lanouvellerepublique.fr.
- ^ Nicolas Forissier, National Assembly (in French).
- ^ Alexandra Bourcier (2021-06-27). "Régionales 2021. François Bonneau (PS) conserve le Centre-Val de Loire, Marc Fesneau fragilisé" (in French). Ouest-France
- ^ Ludovic Vigogne (11 October 2017), La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez, L'Opinion (in French).