Robert Ménard
Robert Ménard | |
|---|---|
Ménard in 2015 | |
| Mayor of Béziers | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Couderc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1953 |
| Party | Independent (since 1981) |
| Other political affiliations | Revolutionary Communist League (1973–1979) Socialist Party (1979–1981) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | University of Montpellier |
| Profession | Journalist |
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Robert Ménard (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ menaʁ]; born 6 July 1953) is a French politician and former journalist who has served as Mayor of Béziers since 2014.
He co-founded the Paris-based international NGO Reporters Without Borders, which he led as its general-secretary from 1985 to 2008. He subsequently participated in the launch of the far-right information website Boulevard Voltaire in 2012. An independent politician since 1981, he was elected to the mayorship of Béziers in 2014. He joined the Les Amoureux de la France alliance in 2017.