Member of the National Assembly for Ain's 5th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 June 2012
Minister of Solidarity
In office 20 May 2022 – 4 July 2022
President
Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister
Élisabeth Borne
Preceded by
Olivier Véran (solidarity) Brigitte Bourguignon (personal independence) Sophie Cluzel (disabled)
Succeeded by
Jean-Christophe Combe
Leader of The Republicans in the National Assembly
In office 6 November 2019 – 19 May 2022
Preceded by
Christian Jacob
Succeeded by
Éric Ciotti
Member of the Departmental Council of Ain for Canton of Pont-d'Ain
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2015
President of the Departmental Council of Ain
In office 2 April 2015 – 10 July 2017
Preceded by
Rachel Mazuir
Succeeded by
Jean Deguerry
Member of the European Parliament for South-East France
In office 14 July 2009 – 17 June 2012
Personal details
Born
(1980-04-05) 5 April 1980 (age 44) Nîmes, France
Political party
Independent (2022–present)
Other political affiliations
UDF (until 2007) NC (2007–2012) UMP (2012–2015) LR (2015–2022)
Alma mater
IEP de Bordeaux Sciences Po
Damien Abad (French pronunciation:[damjɛ̃abad]; born 5 April 1980) is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Solidarity in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022.[1][2]
Abad previously served as Member of the National Assembly for Ain's 5th constituency from 2012 to 2022, where he was the president of The Republicans group from 2019 to 2022.
As part of the Union for French Democracy, New Centre and then the Union for a Popular Movement, which was later renamed The Republicans, Abad also served as municipal councilor of Vauvert from 2008 to 2010, Member of the European Parliament for South-East France from 2009 to 2012, regional councilor of Rhône-Alpes from 2010 to 2015 and president of the departmental council of Ain from 2015 to 2017.
^Clea Caulcutt (20 May 2022), France's UK ambassador promoted to foreign minister in Macron reshuffle Politico Europe.
^Ingrid Melander and Benoit Van Overstraeten (4 July 2022), 'Hang in there', Macron tells ministers in minority government Reuters.
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France on 28 May, rape accusations against newly-appointed minister DamienAbad or the unusually long period between Macron's reelection as President...
announced, rape accusations against newly appointed Minister for Solidarity DamienAbad were made public, and on 28 May, the handling of the 2022 UEFA Champions...
group in the National Assembly in November 2019; he eventually lost to DamienAbad of Ain. Following the 2022 legislative election, Marleix again put his...
rape accusations against the newly appointed Minister for Solidarity DamienAbad were made public and, on 28 May, handling of the 2022 UEFA Champions...
01/01/2022". INSEE. Retrieved 6 July 2022. "Ain : Jean Deguerry remplace DamienAbad à la présidence du Département", France 3, 10.07.2017. Résultats des...
losing their seats in the election. Solidarity and Autonomy Minister DamienAbad, a former parliamentary LR leader, was sacked after rape allegations...
Morin-Desailly, Jean-Jacques Pignard, Yves Pozzo di Borgo, André Villiers MEPs: DamienAbad, Sophie Briard-Auconie, Jean-Marie Cavada (AC) It is hard to pinpoint...
eventually came in last out of six candidates; the position went to DamienAbad instead. Since 2022, Gosselin has also been one of six National Assembly...
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eventually came in fourth out of six candidates; the position went to DamienAbad instead. At the Republicans’ national convention in December 2021, Fasquelle...
En Marche 263 4 267 Christophe Castaner LR The Republicans 93 8 101 DamienAbad MoDem+ Democratic Movement and affiliated 52 5 47 Patrick Mignola Soc+...
to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). In late 2019, Minot endorsed DamienAbad as chairman of the Republicans' parliamentary group. Minot was re-elected...
the European Parliament. She is the second-youngest French MEP after DamienAbad. In her first term, Delli served on the Committee on Employment and Social...
deputy: Stéphane Trompille (La République en Marche!). Outgoing deputy: DamienAbad (Independent/Miscellaneous right). "Les résultats en direct | Les élections...
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