Alain Marleix

Alain Marleix (born 2 January 1946) is a French politician. He was the Secretary of State for Veterans in the government of François Fillon from June 2007 to March 2008. From 2008 to 2010, he was in charge of the redefinition of Boundary delimitation for the elections to the National Assembly. Alain Marleix began his political career as a vice-representative for Georges Pompidou in the Assembléee Nationale, who was then representative for Saint-Flour in the Cantal. Alain Marleix was initially close to Charles Pasqua. During the 1995 presidential election, he supported Édouard Balladur against Jacques Chirac. Since then, he has been supporting Nicolas Sarkozy. Degree from École supérieure de journalisme de Lille Degree of political science Parliamentary journalist, head of the political department of the daily La Nation, from 1968 to 1976