Alexandre Avril
Alexandre Avril | |
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Avril in 2024 | |
| Member of the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2021 | |
| Constituency | Loir-et-Cher |
| President of Sologne des Rivières | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Olivier Pavy |
| Mayor of Salbris | |
| Assumed office 28 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Olivier Pavy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1992 Romorantin-Lanthenay, France |
| Party | Union of the Right for the Republic (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | The Republicans (until 2024) |
| Relatives | Jacky Avril (uncle) |
| Education | Lycée Henri-IV |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure HEC Paris Paris-Sorbonne University Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
Alexandre Avril (born 19 April 1992) is a French politician, philosopher, and local official. He has served as mayor of Salbris and President of the Sologne des Rivières since 2020, and as member of the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire since 2021.
In 2024, he was appointed Vice President of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR), a new political movement led by Éric Ciotti, which he joined leaving The Republicans (LR). He is in charge of policy proposals and ideological orientation of the movement.
He is also known for his academic work on Friedrich Nietzsche and René Girard.
In media, Avril has been described as holding right-wing to far-right positions, and faces critics about his conservative views on LGBTQ rights, Islam, immigration and laicity.