Jacques Bompard is a French politician. Bompard is the mayor of Orange

Orange, Vaucluse

Orange is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It has a primarily agricultural economy...

, elected in June 1995

French municipal elections, 1995

Municipal elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 1995, more or less than one month after Jacques Chirac's election.The far-right National Front elected 3 mayors in Provence: Toulon, Orange, Marignane. It was the first time the far-right led an executive alone. In other races, Jean Tiberi ...

 and reelected in 2001

French municipal elections, 2001

Municipal elections were held in France on 11 and 18 March 2001. These elections were marked by a setback for the left and a victory for the right one year before the 2002 presidential election...

 and 2008

French municipal elections, 2008

The French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 March in that year to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes...

. He was originally a member of the Front National (FN), but left the party in 2005. He joined the Mouvement pour la France (MPF)

Movement for France

The Movement for France , abbreviated to MPF, is a French conservative and eurosceptic political party, founded on 20 November 1994, with a marked regional stronghold in the Vendée. It is led by Philippe de Villiers, once communications minister under Jacques Chirac.The party is considered...

 later the same year. In 2010 he left the MPF, claiming that the party had come to close to the presidential party UMP

Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...

. In the 2010 regional elections

French regional elections, 2010

Regional elections were held in France on 14 and 21 March 2010. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions, which, though they do not have legislative autonomy, manage sizable budgets....

 Bompard associated himself with the Bloc identitaire

Bloc identitaire

The Bloc Identitaire is a French nationalist political group. It was founded in 2003 by some former members of Unité Radicale and several other nationalist sympathizers, including Fabrice Robert, former Unité Radicale member, former elected representative of the National Front and also former...

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