Claude Malhuret

Claude Malhuret
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
1 October 2014
Preceded byMireille Schurch
Parliamentary groupUMP (2014–2015)
LR (2015–2017)
LIRT (2017–present)
ConstituencyAllier
Mayor of Vichy
In office
20 March 1989 – 6 October 2017
Preceded byJacques Lacarin
Succeeded byFrédéric Aguilera
Member of the Regional Council of Auvergne
In office
29 March 2004 – 1 October 2014
PresidentPierre-Noël Bonté
René Souchon
ConstituencyAllier
Member of the National Assembly
In office
2 April 1993 – 21 April 1997
Preceded byJean-Michel Belorgey
Succeeded byGérard Charasse
Parliamentary groupUDFC
ConstituencyAllier's 4th
Member of the European Parliament
In office
25 July 1989 – 16 April 1993
Parliamentary groupELD
ConstituencyFrance
Secretary of State for Human Rights
In office
20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988
Prime MinisterJacques Chirac
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLucette Michaux-Chevry (1993)
Personal details
Born (1950-03-08) 8 March 1950
Strasbourg, France
PartyHorizons
(2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
Republican Party
(until 1997)
Liberal Democracy
(1997–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement
(2002–2015)
The Republicans
(2015–2017)
Agir
(2017–2022)
Alma materParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Paris Descartes University
ProfessionPhysician, lawyer, politician
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Claude Malhuret (French pronunciation: [klod malyʁɛ]; born 8 March 1950) is a French physician, lawyer and politician who has served as a member of the Senate since 2014, representing the department of Allier. A member of Horizons (HOR), he has presided over the centre-right The Independents – Republic and Territories (LIRT) parliamentary group in the Senate since 2017.

Previously, Malhuret was Secretary of State for Human Rights (1986–1988), Mayor of Vichy (1989–2017), a member of the National Assembly (1993–1997) and of the European Parliament (1989–1993).